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Classic Stories

A Celebration of the Short StoryA Celebration of the Short Story

El Verdugo by Honore de Balzac

Released On: 09 Sep 2019

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Balzac鈥檚 tale of French troops taking over a Spanish town during the Napoleonic war.

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