La Grande BretecheHonoré de Balzac
La Grande Breteche
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Original author: Honoré de Balzac
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"La Grande Breteche" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1831. Dr. Horace Bianchon encounters a mysterious abandoned manor near Vendôme, forbidden to all visitors for fifty years. Through accounts from locals, he learns of a tragic love affair that ended in horror when a jealous husband discovered his wife's Spanish lover and sealed him alive behind a wall. The traumatic events drove the wife to decree her home remain eternally closed—a monument to secrets, betrayal, and vengeance.
La Grande Breteche, by Honoré de Balzac. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1710.
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