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Christ in Flanders
Honoré de Balzac · 1831 · Fantasy, Drama & Literary
A short, luminous legend from Balzac's Comedie humaine. A ferry-boat pushes off from Cadzand for the Flemish coast, crowded with travellers of every rank — a knight, a bishop, a fine lady and a merchant in the seats of honour; and, huddled in the stern, the poor: a young mother and child, an old soldier, a beggar woman, and a quiet Stranger with a strange light about him. When a sudden storm overwhelms the boat, it becomes a trial of faith: those who believe walk upon the waves to safety, while the proud and faithless are lost to the sea. Balzac retells an old Flemish miracle as a parable of what truly saves us. Complete and richly illustrated.
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This edition
- Title
- Christ in Flanders
- Author
- Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850)
- First published
- 1831
- Illustrated plates
- 36 original artworks · 16 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 7,304 words
- Reading time
- 29 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #1940
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