The Magic Skin
Honoré de Balzac
Read by James E. Carson
Something along the lines of Dorian Gray as part of the Comedies Humane Philosophique, this is Balzac's first successful novel. He even wrote "criticisms" of the writing himself in promotion of the book, in addition to hyping the work before it even came out. It is a criticism of materialism and French bourgeoisie as so many of his compiled works seek to be. Some same characters reappear. (Summary by JCarson) (11 hr 28 min)
Chapters
| Section 01 | 1:03:05 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 02 | 1:04:20 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 03 | 1:05:00 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 04 | 1:04:56 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 05 | 1:05:31 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 06 | 1:06:29 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 07 | 1:07:01 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 08 | 1:04:24 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 09 | 1:05:38 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 10 | 1:04:55 | Read by James E. Carson |
| Section 11 | 37:04 | Read by James E. Carson |