The Hated Son
By Honoré de Balzac
3 Jan, 2020
Set in the early 1600s, The Hated Son, recounts the story of the ancestors of the Herouvilles and the Grandlieus. Comtesse Jeanne d'Herouville is in terror while awaiting the birth of her first child. But her terror is not of the childbirth itself, b
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Set in the early 1600s, The Hated Son, recounts the story of the ancestors of the Herouvilles and the Grandlieus. Comtesse Jeanne d'Herouville is in terror while awaiting the birth of her first child. But her terror is not of the childbirth itself, but of the perils that await the baby. Less