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Honoré de Balzac

Born

in Tours, France

May 20, 1799

Died

August 18, 1850

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

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French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine .

Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.

Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Mar ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 223,767 ratings · 16,581 reviews · 9,535 distinct works • Similar authors

	Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 66,646 ratings — published 1835 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eugénie Grandet 3.79 avg rating — 25,759 ratings — published 1833 — 1721 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,474 ratings — published 1843 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Ass's Skin 3.68 avg rating — 11,759 ratings — published 1831 — 316 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cousin Bette 3.85 avg rating — 10,676 ratings — published 1846 — 652 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vadideki Zambak 3.72 avg rating — 7,742 ratings — published 1835 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Colonel Chabert 3.59 avg rating — 7,297 ratings — published 1832 — 709 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard (Translator), Arthur C. Danto (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 6,247 ratings — published 1831 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Woman Of Thirty 3.44 avg rating — 6,709 ratings — published 1834 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Harlot High and Low 4.05 avg rating — 3,807 ratings — published 1838 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie Humaine (89 books)
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3.77 avg rating — 203,325 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province (10 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 42,657 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie parisienne (20 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 26,474 ratings

Études philosophiques (19 books)
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3.65 avg rating — 24,711 ratings

Poor Relations (2 books)
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Herbert J. Hunt (Translator)

3.87 avg rating — 12,360 ratings

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Quotes by Honoré de Balzac (?)

“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”
― Honoré de Balzac

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“Reading brings us unknown friends”
― Honore de Balzac

tags: reading

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“The more one judges, the less one loves.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Physiologie Du Mariage: Ou Meditations De Philosophie Eclectique, Sur Le Bonheur Et Le Malheur Conjugal

tags: human-nature, love

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Polls

July 2015 Old School Classics Poll

Which book would you like to read for our July Old School Classics group read?

1868, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 449 pages

20 votes, 46.5%

1899, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, 195 pages

9 votes, 20.9%

1833, Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, 200 pages

4 votes, 9.3%

1878, The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, 448 pages

4 votes, 9.3%

1678, The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, 324 pages

3 votes, 7.0%

1787, Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 432 pages

1 vote, 2.3%

1797, The Italian by Ann Radcliffe, 423 pages

1 vote, 2.3%

1849, Shirley by Charlotte Brontë, 624 pages

1 vote, 2.3%

1839, The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal, 532 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

43 total votes

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