The Village Rector

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Ti­tle: The Vil­lage Rec­tor

Au­thor: Hon­ore de Balzac

Trans­la­tor: Katharine Prescott Worme­ley

Re­lease Date: Novem­ber 11, 2005 [EBook #1899]

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THE VIL­LAGE REC­TOR

BY

HON­ORE DE BALZAC

Trans­lat­ed by Katharine Prescott Worme­ley

DED­ICA­TION

To He­lene.

The tini­est boat is not launched up­on the sea with­out the pro­tec­tion of some liv­ing em­blem or revered name, placed up­on it by the mariners. In ac­cor­dance with this time-​hon­ored cus­tom, Madame, I pray you to be the pro­tec­tress of this book now launched up­on our lit­er­ary ocean; and may the Im­pe­ri­al name which the Church has can­on­ized and your de­vo­tion has dou­bly sanc­ti­fied for me guard it from per­ils.

De Balzac.

THE VIL­LAGE REC­TOR