The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Prince of Bohemia

Balzac, Honore de. "A Prince of Bohemia." New-York Saturday Press, April 21, 1860, 1, 4.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

Claudine marries a prominent author by the name of Du Bruel to impress her true love Palferine. Meanwhile, Du Bruel has a mistress of his own, a dancer named Tallia. But in the end Claudine returns to face her love Palferine who, in the spirit of a Bohemian, merely plays coy with her.