Balzac Books
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Père Goriot (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.85 — 67,434 ratings — published 1835
Eugénie Grandet (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.79 — 26,003 ratings — published 1833
Lost Illusions (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as balzac)
avg rating 4.16 — 12,635 ratings — published 1843
The Wild Ass's Skin (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.68 — 12,020 ratings — published 1831
Cousin Bette (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.85 — 10,746 ratings — published 1846
Le Colonel Chabert (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.59 — 7,410 ratings — published 1832
The Unknown Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,391 ratings — published 1831
A Harlot High and Low (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as balzac)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,838 ratings — published 1838
Vadideki Zambak (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.72 — 7,887 ratings — published 1835
La Maison du Chat-qui-Pelote (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,728 ratings — published 1829
Cousin Pons (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,698 ratings — published 1847
The Girl With The Golden Eyes (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.28 — 2,395 ratings — published 1833
Sarrasine (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.65 — 3,069 ratings — published 1830
The Black Sheep (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,293 ratings — published 1842
The Ball At Sceaux (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.69 — 834 ratings — published 1829
La Vendetta (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.67 — 920 ratings — published 1830
Gobseck (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,973 ratings — published 1830
A Passion In The Desert (Library Binding)
by (shelved 10 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.77 — 849 ratings — published 1830
Letters of Two Brides (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,178 ratings — published 1842
Seraphita (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.57 — 644 ratings — published 1834
La Duchesse de Langeais (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,077 ratings — published 1834
The Chouans (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,348 ratings — published 1829
Ursula (Ursule Mirouet)
by (shelved 9 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.67 — 903 ratings — published 1841
Evde Kalmış Kız (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.32 — 451 ratings — published 1836
Modeste Mignon (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.72 — 490 ratings — published 1844
The Country Doctor (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.63 — 736 ratings — published 1833
Béatrix (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.62 — 529 ratings — published 1838
La Grande Bretèche (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.68 — 458 ratings — published
The Atheist’s Mass (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,659 ratings — published 1836
A Murky Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.44 — 701 ratings — published 1841
The Quest Of The Absolute (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.78 — 801 ratings — published 1834
The Deserted Woman (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.68 — 527 ratings — published 1832
The Elixir Of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.40 — 648 ratings — published 1830
History of the Thirteen (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.71 — 696 ratings — published 1833
Louis Lambert (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.41 — 455 ratings — published 1832
An Episode Under The Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.65 — 286 ratings — published 1830
A Daughter Of Eve (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.59 — 466 ratings — published 1838
Catherine De' Medici (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.40 — 631 ratings — published 1841
Cesar Birotteau (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,131 ratings — published 1837
The Imaginary Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.55 — 442 ratings — published 1841
Ferragus, chef des Dévorants (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.49 — 767 ratings — published 1833
The Hated Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.41 — 254 ratings — published 1831
Madame Firmiani (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.28 — 218 ratings — published 1831
L'Auberge Rouge (La Comédie Humaine #82)
by (shelved 5 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.39 — 1,058 ratings — published 1831
A Second Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.62 — 271 ratings — published 1830
A Start in Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as balzac)
avg rating 3.70 — 327 ratings — published 1842
“Les humbles et modestes fleurs, écloses dans les vallées, meurent peut-être quand elles sont transplantées trop près des cieux, aux régions où se forment les orages, où le soleil est brûlant.”
― LA MAISON DU CHAT QUI PELOTE
― LA MAISON DU CHAT QUI PELOTE
“I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color-line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas, where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls. From out the caves of the evening that swing between the strong-limbed earth and the tracery of the stars, I summon Aristotle and Aurelius... and they come all graciously with no scorn nor condescension. So, wed with Truth, I dwell above the Veil.”
― The Souls of Black Folk
― The Souls of Black Folk





