"Albert Savarus" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1842. In provincial Besançon, young Rosalie de Watteville becomes obsessed with a mysterious lawyer who has recently settled in town. When she discovers his secret past through a story he writes—involving a forbidden love with an Italian princess—her jealousy drives her to shocking acts of deception. Through intercepted letters and forged correspondence, Rosalie orchestrates a devastating intervention that destroys lives and seals her own tragic fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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