The Magic Skin, Or, The Wild Ass's Skin
By Honoré de Balzac
Length10h 37m
About this audiobook
"The Magic Skin" also known as "The Wild Ass's Skin" is Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel that tells the story of a young man, Raphaël de Valentin, who discovers a piece of shagreen, in this case a rough untanned piece of a wild ass's skin, which has the magical property of granting wishes. However the fulfilment of the wisher's desire comes at a cost, after each wish the skin shrinks a little bit and consumes the physical energy of the wisher. "The Wild Ass's Skin" is at once both a work of incredible realism, in the descriptions of Parisian life and culture at the time, and also a work of supernatural fantasy, in the desires that are fulfilled by the wild ass's skin. Balzac uses this fantastical device masterfully to depict the complexity of the human nature in civilised society. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length10 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1I. THE TALISMAN (pt. 1)
5III. THE AGONY (pt. 1)
2I. THE TALISMAN (pt. 2)
6III. THE AGONY (pt. 2)
3II. A WOMAN WITHOUT A HEART (pt. 1)
7EPILOGUE
4II. A WOMAN WITHOUT A HEART (pt. 2)
8ADDENDUM
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