Download or read book The Girl with the Golden Eyes written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Girl with the Golden Eyes" is a novella by the prominent French writer Honore de Balsac. It is a part of his cycle "History of the Thirteen," in which Balsac unearths the sins of the 19th -century France: murder, lust, passion, and greed. "The Girl with the Golden Eyes" presents the dramatic tale of Henri de Marsay, a physically beautiful but spiritually empty young man who devotes all his time to the pursuit of sensation and sensual pleasure. Henri becomes enamored of the girl of unusual beauty and plots to seduce her. Yet, the girl has her secrets too.