Works of Honore de Balzac V2

Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766170241. Volume 2 of 2. Honore de Balzac was considered the greatest novelist of France and was the founder of the realistic novel. His novels sought to demonstrated the molding effect of social environment on the raw material of human personality. His novels have more than 2.000 characters from all phases of contemporary life. In this volume, the reader will find the following works: The Chouans: Ambuscade, Notion of Fouche’s, Day Without a Morrow; Passion in the Desert; The Gondreville Mystery: Trials of the Police, Corentin’s Revenge, Political Trial in the Time of the Empire; Muse of the Department. Illustrated.