Honoré de Balzac



Honoré de Balzac

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born May 20, 1799
died August 18, 1850
gender male
place of birth Tours, France
genre Literature & Fiction

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Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815.

Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing...more

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avg rating: 3.75 | 3514 ratings | 455 distinct works
Cousin Bette Cousin Bette (Modern Library Classics)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.67 — 269 ratings — published 2002
35 editions
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Eugenie Grandet Eugenie Grandet (Oxford World's Classics)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.91 — 223 ratings — published 2003
81 editions
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Lost Illusions Lost Illusions (Paperback)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 4.27 — 124 ratings — published 2006
26 editions
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The Wild Ass's Skin The Wild Ass's Skin (Paperback)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.87 — 85 ratings — published 1977
3 editions
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Le Colonel Chabert Le Colonel Chabert (Paperback)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.63 — 70 ratings — published 1999
28 editions
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بابا گوريو بابا گوريو
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.26 — 70 ratings — published 2007
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A Harlot High and Low A Harlot High and Low (Penguin Classics)
by Honoré de Balzac, Rayner Heppenstall (Translator)
avg rating 3.88 — 52 ratings — published 1970
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The Black Sheep The Black Sheep (Penguin Classics)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.98 — 47 ratings — published 1976
3 editions
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A Woman of Thirty A Woman of Thirty (Paperback)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.15 — 48 ratings — published 2006
19 editions
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The Wrong Side of Paris The Wrong Side of Paris (Modern Library Classics)
by Honoré de Balzac
avg rating 3.69 — 39 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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""Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine." "
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"The more one judges, the less one loves."
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"I am a galley slave to pen and ink."
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