The magic skin represents the owner’s life-force, which is depleted through every expression of will, especially when it is employed for the acquisition of power. Ignoring a caution from the shopkeeper who offers him the skin, the protagonist greedily surrounds himself with wealth, only to find himself miserable and decrepit at the story’s end.
Magic Skin, The (‘La Peau de Chagrin’), by Honoré de Balzac. This forms one of the ‘Philosophic Studies’ of the great Frenchman. In 1829 ...
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● ISBN 9788832564723 ● Dimensione 1.1 MB ● Casa editrice iOnlineShopping.com ● Pubblicato 2019 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 6948320 ● Protezione dalla copia senza