驢皮記

《驢皮記》（La Peau de chagrin），法國作家巴爾扎克巨著《人間喜劇》系列作品，1831年發表，是「哲理研究」中最有世界影響的一篇，甫出版就引起了德國文豪歌德的強烈興趣，他說「生命裏有二種悲劇，一是得不到任何的悲劇；一是得到一切後的悲劇。」並斷言「這是一部新型的小說」。

小說敘述一名貴族出身的青年瓦朗坦破產後投身到社交場所，落得窮途未路，準備投水自殺時，一個古董商給了他一張印有天竺文字的驢皮，這張驢皮能為主人實現任何願望，但願望一經實現，驢皮會立刻縮小，自己的壽命也隨之縮短。瓦朗坦開始從擄獲金錢的快感，去填壑無盡的慾望，另一方面象徵他生命的驢皮也逐步的縮小，將他帶往死亡，瓦朗坦猛然驚覺，死神已臨近身旁，眼睜睜地看着自己的末日來臨。

延伸閱讀

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延伸閱讀

• The Magic Skin （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） at Project Gutenberg (plain text)
• The Magic Skin at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)
• LibriVox中的公有領域有聲書《The Magic Skin》