The Vault at Pfaff's

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

The Woman Comme-Il-Faut. [Translated for the New York Saturday Press by Charles D. Gardette]

Balzac, Honore de. "The Woman Comme-Il-Faut. [Translated for the New York Saturday Press by Charles D. Gardette]." New-York Saturday Press, August 25, 1860, 1.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

One man describes the worst type of woman, and what it means to society, as a pompous, parading, almost flirtatious lady who is very knowledgeable. The women listening to this patronize his opinion.