Honoré de Balzac
Writing
Born
May 20, 1799
From
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Died
Aug 18, 1850
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.
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La Grenadière
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Le Lys dans la vallée
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La Cousine Bette
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Gobseck
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Albert Savarus
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Ferragus
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Love
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Paris at Midnight
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The Dream Cheater
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The Thirteenth Man
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The Magic Skin
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Eugénie Grandet
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The False Oath
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