The Message
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2005-04-03 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #1189 |
Description
"The Message" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1832. When a stagecoach accident leaves a young man fatally injured, he entrusts a fellow passenger with a delicate final mission: retrieve his secret love letters and return them to his married lover. The narrator's journey to fulfill this dying wish leads him to a château, where he must navigate the dangerous terrain of forbidden love, grief, and the painful secrets hidden within a seemingly respectable marriage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)