(3-CD box set) Written in 1835, "Un Contrat de Mariage" ("a marriage contract") perfectly describes French society of early 19th Century with ambitions and rivalry. Telling the story of a marriage ruined by hypocrisy, lies and hatred, Balzac give some of his own advice on weddings and on the moral conceptions of his society. In French. Historical recording of Balzac book by Jean Debucourt for the National Radio in 1954.