Honore Balzac: 591 books

Book cover of The Unknown Masterpiece and Other Stories
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

One of the fathers of Realism was the famed 19th century French writer Honore de Balzac. His works are best known for their shrewd, yet honest, interpretation of real life problems within the social classes of French society. He believed that explaining a character would not inform the reader about the...
Book cover of A Harlot High and Low
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Originally published between 1838-1847 "A Harlot High and Low" continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré from Honore de Balzac's preceding novel "Lost Illusions." Central to the tale is the pact made between Lucien and Vautrin in which Lucien will arrive at success in Paris if he agrees to follow Vautrin's...
Book cover of Madame Firmiani
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

Master of realism Honore de Balzac highlights his brilliant knack for character development in the short story "Madame Firmiani." The story's plot is slight, dealing in large part with the mysterious identity of Madame Firmiani's husband. As always, where Balzac truly shines is in delving into the nuance of human behavior and personality.
Book cover of Another Study of Woman
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

Long story. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the...
Book cover of Another Study of Woman
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

"Another Study of Woman" is a narrative hovering between a short story and a novella in terms of length, extracted from Honore de Balzac's multi-volume masterpiece The Human Comedy. At a private dinner party, guests warmed by the flush of fine food and drink begin to banter about the qualities and attributes...
Book cover of The Resources of Quinola
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

Today, French writer Honore de Balzac is best remembered for The Human Comedy, a sprawling story cycle in which he attempted -- and some would argue, succeeded -- to capture the ebb and flow of everyday life in nineteenth-century Europe. But Balzac was an intrepid literary experimenter, and his prolific...
Book cover of The Illustrious Gaudissart and Gaudissart II, both long stories in a single file, in English translation
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic long stories, one a sequel to the other. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents...
Book cover of Lost Illusions: Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, and Eve and David; all three novels in a single file, in English translation
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic novels. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the...
Book cover of Pamela Giraud, five-act play in English translation
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Five-act play. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the...
Book cover of A Start in Life
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

The novel A Start in Life is part of the Scenes of Private Life section of Honore de Balzac's masterpiece of nineteenth-century realism, The Human Comedy. In much of Balzac's work, the aristocracy is portrayed as vain, duplicitous, and greedy. But in this novel, it is members of the working class who...
Book cover of Sons of the Soil
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

French writer Honore de Balzac had many unique strengths, and chief among them is his ability to limn and illuminate subtle differences between social classes. In this pastoral novel, Balzac explores the virtues and follies of country life through the eyes of Emile Blondet, a journalist who was born...
Book cover of The Marriage Contract
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017

"The marriage contract" is a 1835 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Located in Bordeaux, describes the marriage of a Parisian gentleman, Paul de Manerville, with the beautiful hereditary Spanish, spoiled, Natalie Evangelista.
Book cover of An Old Maid
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

Immerse yourself in the inner workings of a quaint French village in this charming novel from Honore de Balzac, an early master of literary realism. Brimming with finely observed details and Balzac's trademark insight into human motivations and morality, An Old Maid follows several men who have designs -- honorable and not-so-honorable -- on one of the village's wealthiest bachelorettes.
Book cover of Vendetta, a story in English translation
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Long story. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years...
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