Memoirs of Two Young Wives — Honoré de Balzac

Memoirs of Two Young Wives is a profound epistolary novel by Honoré de Balzac, translated into Ukrainian as Спогади двох юних дружин. The story unfolds through letters between two childhood friends, Louise de Scholie and Renée de Momeux, who grow up in a small boarding school. Although their paths diverge—Louise pursuing passionate love and freedom in Paris, Renée choosing a more stable married life—they maintain their correspondence, sharing secrets, longings, and regrets. Set in 19th-century France, their letters chronicle inner conflicts, choices, social expectations, and the cost of women’s desires in a constrained society. This hardcover Ukrainian edition includes 256 pages.