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The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan. It originated as a 240-page film script written for MGM. Saroyan was planning to produce and direct the film, but he was dropped from the project either because the script was too long or because a short film he directed as a test was not considered acceptable — or both.
The Human Comedy, a vast series of some 90 novels and novellas by Honoré de Balzac, known in the original French as La Comédie humaine. The books that made up the series were published between 1829 and 1847.
La Comédie humaine (French: [la kɔmedi ymɛn]; English: The Human Comedy) is Honoré de Balzac's 1829–48 multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–30) and the July Monarchy (1830–48).
The Human Comedy is a 1943 American comedy-drama film directed by Clarence Brown. It began as a screenplay by William Saroyan, who was expected to direct. After Saroyan was removed from the project, he wrote the novel of the same name and published it just before the film was released.
Mar 8, 2010 · THE HUMAN COMEDY. INTRODUCTIONS AND APPENDIX. By Honore De Balzac. Note: This reposting is dedicated to Dagny, who, 10 years ago, was part of the "Balzac Team" which produced 113 eBooks for Project Gutenberg.
May 18, 2011 · The Human Comedy, sentimental novel of life in a small California town by William Saroyan, published in 1943. The narrator of the story, 14-year-old Homer Macauley, lives with his widowed mother, his sister Bess, and his little brother Ulysses; his older brother has left home to fight in World War.
The Human Comedy. William Saroyan. 4.02. 6,168 ratings662 reviews. The place is Ithaca, in California's San Joaquin Valley. The time is World War II. The family is the Macauleys -- a mother, sister, and three brothers whose struggles and dreams reflect those of America's second-generation immigrants..
