It is inscribed with the Sanskrit lines "Will thou (*) own me?
Trail in Chesterton's "The Garden of Smoke" tries to imagine what it is like having this literary object, and Thomas Huxley believed that it shows how all things lead to the waste of the protoplasm. It forces its owner to kill his duel opponent when he randomly fires his gun, and it causes Dr. Brisset to believes its owner suffers from monomania. It is obtained after its owner lost his gold in Russian Roulette and gave money to two beggars before going to kill himself in the Seine. It is inscribed with the Sanskrit lines "Will thou (*) own me? Take thee. / God will hearken unto thee," and it is given to the Academy of Sciences where it is shrouded in acids in attempt to alter its size.. It allows him to throw a feast, where he meets Paulina and spurns Fodera. Shrinking when it grants a wish, it leads to the demise of Raphael Valentin. For 10 points, name this shagreen that is the title object of a Balzac novel. [Ike]
Trail in Chesterton's "The Garden of Smoke" tries to imagine what it is like having this literary object, and Thomas Huxley believed that it shows how all things lead to the waste of the protoplasm.
The {Wild Ass's Skin} or The {Peau} de {Chagrin} or The {Magic Skin}