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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815. (Source.)

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French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)

Born 20 May 1799
Died 18 August 1850

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    First published in 1834 29 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition leschouansunepas00balzuoft Cover of edition leschouansoulabr02balz Cover of edition leschouansoulabr0000hono_h5l2
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    First published in 1840 29 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition seraphitaalkahes00balz Cover of edition sraphita00balzuoft Cover of edition sraphita00balzgoog Cover of edition seraphita0000balz_h5s1
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    First published in 1800 28 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition histoiredelagran00balzuoft Cover of edition histoiredelagr01balz Cover of edition cesarbirotteau00balziala Cover of edition histoiredelagra01balzgoog
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  • Cover of: Cousin Pons =: (Le cousin Pons)

    First published in 1875 27 editions in 3 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition cousinpons00balzrich Cover of edition ponscousin00balzrich Cover of edition cousinponslecou00marrgoog Cover of edition cousinpons00balzgoog Cover of edition cousinpons01balzgoog Cover of edition cousinpons00hono
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  • Cover of: curé de village.

    First published in 1841 26 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition lecurdevillage00balzuoft Cover of edition lecurdevillage01balz Cover of edition lecurdevillage00balzgoog
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    First published in 1839 26 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lelysdanslavall00balz
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    First published in 1800 26 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition larecherchedelab00balzuoft Cover of edition larecherchedela00balzgoog Cover of edition questabsolutela00marrgoog Cover of edition larecherchedelab0000hono_f7e2 Cover of edition larecherchedelab0000hono_p8a7
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    First published in 1890 25 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition sonsofsoil00balzrich Cover of edition sonssoil01balzgoog Cover of edition sonssoil00balzgoog
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  • Cover of: Cinq scènes de La comédie humaine

    First published in 1901 24 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1886 23 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition countrydoctorlem00balz Cover of edition countrydoctor00balzrich Cover of edition countrydoctor00balzgoog
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    First published in 1845 22 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition modestemignon00balzuoft Cover of edition modestemignon00balzrich Cover of edition modestemignon00balziala Cover of edition modestemignon00balzgoog Cover of edition modestemignon0000hono
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  • Cover of: Chouans: Brittany in 1799.

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  • Cover of: The rise and fall of César Birotteau: (Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau)

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    First published in 1891 22 editions in 3 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition lilyofvalley00balz Cover of edition lilyofvalley00balzrich Cover of edition lilyofvalley00balziala Cover of edition lilyofvalley00hono Cover of edition lelysdanslavalle0000balz_x0b7 Cover of edition lilyvalley00balz
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    First published in 1892 20 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition albertsavarus00balzrich
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  • Cover of: Pierrette.: Edited by Theodora de Sélincourt.

    First published in 1840 20 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition pierretteeditedb00balzuoft Cover of edition pierretteandvica00balzrich Cover of edition pierrette00balzgoog
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French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)

Born 20 May 1799
Died 18 August 1850
Subjects
Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Social life and customs, France, fiction, Classic Literature, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, French fiction, Translations into English, French literature, History, Manners and customs, Marriage, Romance literature, Balzac, honore de, 1799-1850, Chouans, France in fiction, Correspondence, French language materials, Fathers and daughters, Fiction, short stories (single author), French Short stories, French literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Paris (france), fiction, Translations from French
Places
France, Paris (France), Paris, Brittany (France), Europe, Fa guo, United States, Alabama, Brittany, Cambridge, Eton College, Frankreich, França, Jamaica, Jefferson, Le Havre, Louisiana, L’Abri, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New England, New York City, Normandy, Normandy (France), Owl Creek Bridge
People
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), Catherine de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589), Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Honoré de Balzac Madame (ca. 1800-1881 or 2), Stendhal (1783-1842), Ernest Valdemar, Fernand Angué, Hono Balzac (1799-1850), Katharine Prescott Wormeley, Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), Anne Charlotte Laure (Sallambier) de Balzac (1779-1854), Armand Aubigny, Aunt Glosspan, Billy Weaver, Carlos, Catherine de Me dicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589), Christopher Mulholland, Colonel Chabert, Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Désirée, Emily Grierson, Eugénie Grandet, Ewelina (Hrabina Rzewuska) afterwards Mme De Balzac, - Hanska, Faith Brown
Time
19th century, Louis XVIII, 1814-1824, Directory, 1795-1799, Jin dai, 19th Century France, Antebellum era, Revolution, 1789-1799, The Bourbon Restoration, Wars of the Vendée, 1793-1832, 1600s, 1789-1815, 1789-1900, 1819, 1820-1840, 1829, 1830-1848, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19e siècle, 20e siècle, American Civil War, Civil War, Siglo XIX, The Middle Ages or immediate post-Middle Ages., The Paris of the July Monarchy 1830 - 1848

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