Albert Savarus

"Albert Savarus" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1842. In provincial Besançon, young Rosalie de Watteville becomes obsessed with a mysterious lawyer who has recently settled in town. When she discovers his secret past through a story he writes—involving a forbidden love with an Italian princess—her jealousy drives her to shocking acts of deception. Through intercepted letters and forged correspondence, Rosalie orchestrates a devastating intervention that destroys lives and seals her own tragic fate.

Albert Savarus, by Honoré de Balzac. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1898.