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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 · 235,942 ratings · 18,238 reviews · 10,213 distinct works • Similar authors

	Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 69,847 ratings — published 1835 — 2333 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 — 26,758 ratings — published 1833 — 1690 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 — 13,097 ratings — published 1843 — 799 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 3.67 avg rating — 12,835 ratings — published 1831 — 2 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 — 10,927 ratings — published 1846 — 643 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 — 8,275 ratings — published 1835 — 2 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 — 7,770 ratings — published 1832 — 693 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) 3.80 avg rating — 6,848 ratings — published 1831 — 312 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 3.43 avg rating — 7,106 ratings — published 1834 — 9 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 — 3,963 ratings — published 1838 — 422 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 — 214,689 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province (10 books)
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3.91 avg rating — 44,474 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie parisienne (20 books)
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3.75 avg rating — 27,754 ratings

Études philosophiques (19 books)
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3.64 avg rating — 26,826 ratings

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

3.87 avg rating — 12,675 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

January 2020 Old School Poll

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889, 480 pages

77 votes, 25.9%

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 1722, 339 pages

64 votes, 21.5%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 1884, 96 pages

48 votes, 16.2%

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov 1840, 185 pages

45 votes, 15.2%

Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac 1846, 468 pages

34 votes, 11.4%

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 1688, 144 pages

29 votes, 9.8%

297 total votes

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