An Old Maid tells a story between a rich girl and three of her pursuers, who temperamentally are different. At the end of the story, different outcomes occur to the three men. In this novel, vivid and impressive characters are formed and depicted. A vivid scene play is shown in the writing, reflecting the reality of French society then.

Different dispositions, different goals, and different endings. Three pursuers, all admire Cormon, a rich and beautiful girl, but with different purposes. This novel tells the story between a rich girl and three of her pursuers.

Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 —18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. He is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon. His masterpieces: Eugenie Grandet and Father Goriot.