Massimilla Doni (Esprios Classics)

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Massimilla Doni is a short story by Honore de Balzac. Its first chapter was published in 1837 in the Etudes philosophiques of la Comedie humaine alongside Gambara, les Proscrits and Seraphita. Its second chapter was published in 1839 in the review la France musicale, under the title Une representation du 'Mose in Egitto' by Rossini in Venice, with a preamble underlining the role Stendhal had played in making Rossini known in France. George Sand, with whom Balzac had shared his enthusiasm for Mose in Egitto, advised the writer to put his story on paper.