{"product_id":"2026200011024-secondhand-domestic-peace-and-other-stories","title":"Domestic Peace And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornerstone of French literary realism, Domestic Peace and Other Stories presents a masterful selection of short fiction by Honoré de Balzac, one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated novelists. Translated by M. A. Crawford for the Penguin Classics series, this collection brings Balzac's signature wit, social acuity, and psychological depth to English-speaking readers with remarkable precision. The stories chronicle the intricacies of bourgeois life in post-Napoleonic France, illuminating the ambitions, vanities, and quiet dramas of ordinary men and women with sardonic brilliance. Balzac's prose cuts through social pretension with surgical precision, revealing the mercenary currents running beneath the polished surface of French society. Each story stands as a miniature of the grand Human Comedy that Balzac spent his lifetime constructing, making this collection an ideal entry point for new readers and an essential companion for devoted admirers of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956122955995,"sku":"2026200011024-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3f7c471e-56ef-40df-aa45-b5960ad35b72.png?v=1783497993","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011024-secondhand-domestic-peace-and-other-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}