We are at present putting the finishing touches on Senancour‘s Obermann which we hope to have ready by the end of May.

We’ve had a great response to our first two volumes of Balzac‘s Human Comedy, and we’ve had a number of inquiries as to when the other books in the series will appear.

Originally, we had planned to alternately release a volume of the Human Comedy with the work of another writer in the interest of providing some variety for our readers (and also to keep Your Humble Editor from going off his rocker—Balzac is one of literature’s great name-droppers, and many of the names, places, events, etc. that he makes reference to are not very well known in the English speaking world and therefore require a fairly significant amount of annotation), but because of the demand for further volumes of Balzac’s masterpiece, we will most likely release a Vol. 4 after Vol. 3 rather than focusing on another author.

We appreciate everyone’s patience, and to tide over all you Balzacians (actually a word!) would like to share with you the following link about Balzac’s coffee addiction:

“The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee”

Above is an image of the plate that will probably be used as the basis for the cover of Volume 3: A Start in Life and Other Works.

Thank you and happy reading,