[PEN-L:415] Marx, Balzac and Disappointment

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Subject: [PEN-L:415] Marx, Balzac and Disappointment
From: michael perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:42:25 -0700

I have always loved the oft cited Balzac quotation: Behind every fortune
lies a great crime.

I brought this question up once before:  Where did Balzac say this in
his novel Pere Goriot?

valis pursued this on the Balzac list.  Nobody knew of it.  I just
downloaded the novel:

ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/gutenberg/etext98/frgrt10.txt

I searched the text, but could not find it.

Now that they are making Balzac movies [Jane Austen is passe] will some
enterprising writer please put the quotation back in the script.  Marx
is a better writer than Balzac anyway.

--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
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