I like how you wrote this. It seems to me that I have also held that old book. The calm pain of Eugénie’s and the greed of her father still look real. You showed that Balzack allows us to see people like them, without telling us what we should think. The part about the pages and the touch was really nice - that's right, some books look alive. Now I want to read the Eugénie Grandet again and see what you did or not. Thanks for sharing this feeling.