Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Proofs of “The Lily of the Valley” with Balzac’s Corrections and the Women Behind Its Heroines

An open manuscript with printed proofs, heavy handwritten corrections and inserted slips of paper on a white stand.

"The Lily of the Valley" with Balzac's corrections before printing. In this novel he portrayed the ladies he loved: Laure de Berny as Madame de Mortsauf and Countess Sara Guidoboni-Visconti as Lady Arabella Dudley

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