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Honoré de Balzac
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Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist, born on 20 May 1799 in Tours and died on 18 August 1850 in Paris. After early pseudonymous work and a failed printing business, he had his first success with The Chouans (1829) and went on to build La Comédie humaine, a cycle of some ninety novels and stories in which recurring characters portray French society under the Restoration and the July Monarchy. It includes Eugénie Grandet, Père Goriot, Colonel Chabert, Lost Illusions and Cousin Bette.
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Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist, born on 20 May 1799 in Tours and died on 18 August 1850 in Paris. After early pseudonymous work and a failed printing business, he had his first success with The Chouans (1829) and went on to build La Comédie humaine, a cycle of some ninety novels and stories in which recurring characters portray French society under the Restoration and the July Monarchy. It includes Eugénie Grandet, Père Goriot, Colonel Chabert, Lost Illusions and Cousin Bette.
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4 works · 1998–20202012
- Oeuvres Complètes, Volume 13...Paperback
2005
- ReleasedFeb 2The Peace BookHardcover
1998
- ReleasedJulCousin BettePaperback