La Peau de Chagrin

Animates Balzac's tale about a hard-living gambler who sells his soul to the devil, with narration in advanced French. Shows how, as the man's wishes are granted, his skin shrinks, and he becomes older as it becomes smaller. Uses colors symbolically: Raphael is dressed in black, Pauline in white, and the devil is deep red.
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Animates Balzac's tale about a hard-living gambler who sells his soul to the devil, with narration in advanced French. Shows how, as the man's wishes are granted, his skin shrinks, and he becomes older as it becomes smaller. Uses colors symbolically: Raphael is dressed in black, Pauline in white, and the devil is deep red.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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