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Honoré de Balzac (/ ˈ b æ l z æ k / BAL-zak, more commonly US: / ˈ b ɔː l-/ BAWL-, French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.
Jun 29, 2024 · Honoré de Balzac was a French literary artist who produced a vast number of novels and short stories collectively called La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy). He helped to establish the traditional form of the novel and is generally considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time.
Jan 18, 2019 · Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balssa, May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a novelist and playwright in nineteenth-century France. His work formed part of the foundation of the realist tradition in European literature, with particular focus on his remarkably complex characters.
Honoré de Balzac, orig. Honoré Balssa, (born May 20, 1799, Tours, France—died Aug. 18, 1850, Paris), French writer. Balzac began working as a clerk in Paris at about age 16. An early attempt at a business career left him with huge debts, and for decades he toiled incessantly to improve his worsening financial condition.
Honoré de Balzac, nom de plume d'Honoré Balzac [n 1], né le 20 mai 1799 (1 er prairial an VII du calendrier républicain) à Tours et mort le 18 août 1850 à Paris, est un écrivain français.
Honoré de Balzac wrote his fictional works as the self-appointed secretary of French society. It was natural, therefore, that he should consider the police (both political and...
Honoré de Balzac has 9018 books on Goodreads with 523033 ratings. Honoré de Balzac’s most popular book is Père Goriot.
