A Man of Business (1833,40)

Actresses, swindlers, counts, a reading room to support a mistress that fails, and finally debt collectors. The "man of business" here is the swindler Cerizet who you've already in part three of Lost Illusions if you've read that classic, a character who will play an even bigger part in one of Balzac's final novels "The Lesser Bourgeousie".

(Very Short, Un Homme d'affaires ,mnbus10.txt)