Sarrasine (Annotated) (English Edition)

Ernest-Jean Sarrasine is a young boy that goes in Italy to learn the art of sculpture. In Rome he falls in love with an opera-singer, named Zambinella…

“Sarrasine” is one of the best-known stories by Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850).

First published in 1831, it was translated in English by Clara Bell (1834–1927) in 1895.

This edition also contains a biographic profile of Balzac written by George Saintsbury (1845–1933) in 1901.