Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published as Prométhée, ou La Vie de Balzac by Librairie Hachette 1965
This translation first published by The Bodley Head 1965
Published in Pelican Books 1971
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Copyright © Librairie Hachette, 1965
Translation copyright © The Bodley Head, 1965
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd,
Aylesbury, Bucks
Set in Linotype Georgian
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