With this novel Balzac "invented" his characters return system in "The Human Comedy" .This is also the first novel of the trilogy "Vautrin" (the second is "Lost Illusions" and the third "Splendor and Misery of Courtesans ": these two novels are brilliant) .Read this novel, which is central to the work of Balzac and I think you will become" addicted "to Balzac!
