# Dedication explained — A Start in Life

> Chapter companion for A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac.

## What happens

Balzac dedicates the work to his sister Laure, acknowledging her bright and modest wit as the inspiration for this scene.

## Key lines

> To Laure To whose bright and modest wit I owe the idea of this Scene. Hers be the honor! Her brother, De Balzac

Balzac dedicates the work to his sister Laure, crediting her clever and humble intelligence for inspiring the scene, and declares that the honor belongs to her.

_The dedication honors Laure as the source of the idea for the scene._

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