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Honor? de Balzac
Honor? de Balzac; born Honor? Balzac 20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Com?die humaine, which presents a panorama of…
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Le Colonel Chabert is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwright Honor? de Balzac (1799-1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Com?die…
La Cousine Bette (French pronunciation: [la kuzin b?t, Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honor? de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an…
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In a practical sense, Ursule Mirou?t is a novel about family inheritance, money, and property. From an emotional standpoint, it is about the evil wrought by greed and envy, and…
Honor? de Balzac born Honor? Balzac; (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Com?die humaine, which presents a panorama of…
La Vieille Fille (The Old Maid or An Old Maid) is a novel by the French writer Honor? de Balzac. Written in 1836, it was first published as a serial…
B?atrix is an 1839 novel by French author Honor? de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Sc?nes de la vie priv?e section of his novel sequence La Com?die humaine.
It…
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honor? de Balzac (1799-1850), included in the ?tudes philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Com?die humaine. Set mostly…
Modeste Mignon is a novel by the French writer Honor? de Balzac. It is the fifth of the Sc?nes de la vie priv?e (Scenes of Private Life) in La Com?die…
S?raph?ta is a French novel by Honor? de Balzac with themes of androgyny. It was published in the Revue de Paris in 1834. In contrast with the realism of most…
Balzac is one of France's greatest storytellers and this particular thriller is one of his most spine-tingling ones. The Chouans were a counter-revolutionary movement during the French Revolution that occurred…
Honore De Balzac
La Vendetta (The Vendetta) is a novel by the French writer Honor? de Balzac. It is the eighth of the Sc?nes de la vie priv?e (Scenes of Private Life) in…
La Fille aux yeux d'or (English: The Girl With the Golden Eyes) is an 1835 novella by Honor? de Balzac.
The story follows the decadent heir Henri de Marsay, who…
La Peau de chagrin (The Skin of Shagreen), known in English as The Magic Skin and The Wild Ass's Skin, is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honor…
Le Contrat de mariage (English: A Marriage Contract or A Marriage Settlement) is an 1835 novel by French author Honor? de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Sc?nes de la…
The criminal as superman: Balzac's fascination with crime as the obverse of society and because the criminal epitomizes the shapeshifting of modernism. There's also a heavily gothic element to these…
La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, or The Two Brothers) is an 1842 novel by Honor? de Balzac, and is one of The Celibates in the series La Com?die humaine. The…
"Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu" (English: "The Unknown Masterpiece") is a short story by Honor? de Balzac. It was first published in the newspaper L'Artiste with the title "Ma?tre Frenhofer" (English: "Master…
Honore de Balzac
Two aristocratic sisters raised in religious seclusion by their pious mother are suddenly married off into the glittering, treacherous Paris society of the 1830's, the younger to a domineering banker…
Corruption. Deceit. Money. Publishing. Rival factions and the flippancies of rhetoric. Fortunes lost and won. Genius stumbles and greed overtakes. Is it the tale of New York City today? No…
Une double famille (A Second Home) is a lengthy short story by Honore de Balzac. The story first appeared in 1830 under the title La femme vertueuse (The Virtuous Woman)…
Honore de Balzac born Honore Balzac; (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of…
Le Pere Goriot ("Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), included in the Scenes de la vie privee section…
...La Physiologie du mariage (The Physiology of Marriage), is a humorous and satirical essay on the subject of marital infidelity, encompassing both its causes and its cure. ...
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La Duchesse de Langeais is an 1834 novel by French author Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Scenes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La…
Le Medecin de campagne (The Country Doctor) is an 1833 novel by Honore de Balzac. The second in his Scene de la vie de campagne series, it addresses the author's…
Memoires de deux jeunes mariees (Letters of Two Brides) is an epistolary novel by the French writer Honore de Balzac. It was serialized in the French newspaper La Presse in…
Un debut dans la vie (A Start in Life) is a novel by the French writer Honore de Balzac. It is the sixth of the Scenes de la vie privee…
