IDENTITY
Histoire des Treize
Literature
Work Summary
A group of linked stories and novels centred on a secret association of thirteen powerful men in Paris. Combining melodrama, mystery and social observation, the works explore hidden networks, passion, revenge and the unseen forces operating beneath respectable urban society.
Evidence Summary
The work belongs to the Balzac material he already knew during his Brussels drawing studies.
The later scholarly note to Letter 274 connects his Ferragus reference with this work.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Honoré de Balzac
Work
Histoire des Treize
Years / Period
Jan 1881
Van Gogh Relation
Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
Jan 1881 — Letter 162
Discussed / Commented On · Discussed / associated with illustration
Van Gogh explicitly refers to Balzac's Histoire des Treize while discussing illustrated material.
Response: The work belongs to the Balzac material he already knew during his Brussels drawing studies.
Connection: The later scholarly note to Letter 274 connects his Ferragus reference with this work.
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