Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

Works

A Daughter of Eve

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A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

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A Drama on the Seashore

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A Man of Business

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A Passion in the Desert

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A Prince of Bohemia

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A Second Home

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A Start in Life

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A Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant

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A Woman of Thirty

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Adieu

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Albert Savarus

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An Episode under the Terror

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An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)

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An Old Maid

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Analytical Studies

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Another Study of Woman

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At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

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Beatrix

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Bureaucracy

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Catherine De Medici

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Christ in Flanders

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Colonel Chabert

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Cousin Betty

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Cousin Pons

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Domestic Peace

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Droll Stories — Complete / Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine

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Droll Stories — Volume 1

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Droll Stories — Volume 2

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Droll Stories — Volume 3

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El Verdugo

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Eugenie Grandet

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Eve and David

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Facino Cane

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Farewell

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Father Goriot

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Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants

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Gambara

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Gaudissart II

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Gobseck

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Honoré de Balzac

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Honorine

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Juana

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La Grande Breteche

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La Grenadiere

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Letters of Two Brides

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Letters to Madame Hanska, born Countess Rzewuska, afterwards Madame Honoré de Balzac, 1833-1846

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Lost Illusions

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Louis Lambert

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Love in a Mask; Or, Imprudence and Happiness

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Madame Firmiani

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Maitre Cornelius

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Massimilla Doni

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Melmoth Reconciled

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Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts

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Modeste Mignon

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Pamela Giraud: A Play in Five Acts

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Parisians in the Country

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Paz (La Fausse Maitresse)

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Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete

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Petty Troubles of Married Life, First Part

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Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part

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Pierre Grassou

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Pierrette

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Poor Relations

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Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau

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Sarrasine

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Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

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Seraphita

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Sons of the Soil

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Study of a Woman

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The Alkahest

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The Atheist's Mass

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The Ball at Sceaux

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The Brotherhood of Consolation

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The Celibates

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The Chouans

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The Collection of Antiquities

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The Commission in Lunacy

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The Country Doctor

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The Deputy of Arcis

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The Deserted Woman

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The Duchesse of Langeais

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The Elixir of Life

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The Exiles

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The Firm of Nucingen

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The Girl with the Golden Eyes

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The Hated Son

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The Hidden Masterpiece

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The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix

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The Illustrious Gaudissart

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The Jealousies of a Country Town

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The Lesser Bourgeoisie

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The Lily of the Valley

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The Magic Skin

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The Marriage Contract

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The Message

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The Muse of the Department

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The Napoleon of the People

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The Physiology of Marriage, Complete

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The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1

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The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2

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The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3

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The Purse

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The Recruit

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The Red Inn

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The Resources of Quinola: A Comedy in a Prologue and Five Acts

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The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

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The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts

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The Thirteen

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The Two Brothers

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The Unknown Masterpiece / 1845

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The Vicar of Tours

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The Village Rector

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The Works of Honoré de Balzac: About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita, and Other Stories

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Two Poets

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Unconscious Comedians

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Ursula

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Vautrin: A Drama in Five Acts

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Vendetta

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Z. Marcas

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