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In the Paris of the 1830s, Valentin, a light-hearted, fickle young dandy, falls madly in love with two women who bear a strange resemblance to each other: the wealthy Marquise de Parnes and the modest seamstress Madame Delaunay. He is unable to choose.
A short story published in 1837 in the Revue des Deux Mondes.