I recommend starting at the top and working your way down piece by piece, over coffee of course. Lots and lots of coffee. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31565/31565-h/31565-h.htm

And if you like the translations, I should add that most were completed by four women. In particular, Ellen Marriage who published under the name James Waring.

http://balzacbooks.wordpress.com/translations/