Augustine, Pale and Trembling

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A woman stands hiding her face in her hand as her parents admonish her from their armchairs

Augustine, pale, trembling, and red eyed, stood before her father and mother.

(Facing p. 40.)

Artist

Name:: Toudouze, Édouard
Dates:: 1848-1907
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Le Sueur, Xavier
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: La maison du chat qui pelote
Author:: Balzac, Honoré de
Publisher:: Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1901
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A young woman stands in a drawing room hiding her face in her hand as her parents admonish her from their armchairs.

The caption reads in the original French: Augustine, pâle, tremblante et les yeux rouges, comparut devant son père et sa mère.

Caption based on Philip Kent’s translation from The Cat and Battledore. Chicago: Belfords, Clarke & Co, 1879.

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