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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 1901 8 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1902 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition twoyoungbrides00balz Cover of edition thetwoyoungbride00balziala Cover of edition twoyoungbrides00balziala
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    First published in 1891 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1956 8 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1909 8 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1834 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition uneruedeparisets00balz Cover of edition scnesdelaviepar00balzgoog Cover of edition scnesdelaviepar01balzgoog
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    First published in 1850 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lillustregaudis00balz
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    First published in 1836 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition janelaple01balz Cover of edition p3wannchlore27balz
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  • Cover of: Honoré de Balzac: now for the first time completely translated into English...

    First published in 1895 8 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition honoredebalzac01balz Cover of edition honordebalzac00balziala Cover of edition cu31924057403895 Cover of edition honordebalzacle00wormgoog
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  • Cover of: Traité de la vie élégante: suivi de la Théorie de la démarche

    First published in 1853 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1832 7 editions in 1 language
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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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