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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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Honoré de Balzac’s books

Average rating: 3.78 · 228,170 ratings · 17,111 reviews · 9,679 distinct works • Similar authors

	Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 67,830 ratings — published 1835 — 4 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 — 26,102 ratings — published 1833	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 — 12,703 ratings — published 1843 — 30 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 — 12,140 ratings — published 1831 — 984 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 — 10,770 ratings — published 1846 — 20 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 — 7,942 ratings — published 1835 — 719 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 — 7,455 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 — 6,435 ratings — published 1831 — 73 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 — 6,859 ratings — published 1834 — 479 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 — 3,871 ratings — published 1838 — 428 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 — 207,408 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province (10 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 43,310 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie parisienne (20 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 26,956 ratings

Études philosophiques (19 books)
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3.64 avg rating — 25,437 ratings

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

3.87 avg rating — 12,477 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 2018 Old School Poll

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

57 votes, 16.6%

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 1597, 283 pages

57 votes, 16.6%

Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 1849, 624 pages

44 votes, 12.8%

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 1855, 624 pages

31 votes, 9.0%

Silas Marner by George Eliot 1861, 262 pages

27 votes, 7.9%

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages

27 votes, 7.9%

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774, 176 pages

27 votes, 7.9%

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 1862, 244 pages

22 votes, 6.4%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages

18 votes, 5.2%

Elizabeth and Her German Garden byElizabeth von Arnim 1898, 207 pages

13 votes, 3.8%

Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 1834, 370 pages

12 votes, 3.5%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 1859, 586 pages

8 votes, 2.3%

343 total votes

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