Reproduction of the original: Ferragus by Honore de Balzac

In this novel, Balzac describes the Dévorants as a group of 13 men who, loyal to each other only, lived beyond the law and society in nineteenth-century Paris. They were, in effect, criminals who obeyed no laws but lived only by their own rules. They were a secret society mostly unknown and unrecognized. Ferragus was their leader, and the novel focuses on him.

A captivating story about human emotions and relations. Balzac narrates the tale of a man who suspects his wife of infidelity. He shows how relationships can suffer through miscommunication. Balzac proves himself as an author above par by his insightful exploration of the fear of social failure, and the way it defines and governs the pattern of human life. Compelling!