Balzac Honore De: 586 books

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 Albert Savarus
by Honore de Balzac
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2014

EXTRAIT:  Un des quelques salons où se produisait l’archevêque de Besançon sous la Restauration, et celui qu’il affectionnait était celui de madame la baronne de Watteville. Un mot sur cette dame, le personnage féminin le plus considérable...
Book cover of Etude de Femme
by Honore de Balzac
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2014

EXTRAIT: La marquise de Listomère est une de ces jeunes femmes élevées dans l’esprit de la Restauration. Elle a des principes, elle fait maigre, elle communie, et va très-parée au bal, aux Bouffons, à l’Opéra  ; son directeur lui permet...
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...
Book cover of The Vicar of Tours, 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...
Book cover of Unconscious Comedians
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

In this novella from Honore de Balzac, the skilled artisan Palafox Gazonal arrives in Paris to settle some important business and perhaps make a splash in the city's thriving art scene. However, Gazonal is used to the slower-paced life in the provinces and finds himself confused -- and even disgusted...
Book cover of An Old Maid
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic novel. 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 The Celibates, in English translation
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic novel. 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...
Book cover of Melmoth Reconciled
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

In this long story, part of the Philosophical Studies section of Honore de Balzac's epic masterwork The Human Comedy, the author takes the uncharacteristic step of alluding to a previously published novel, Charles Robert Maturin's 1820 work Melmoth the Wanderer. In Balzac's Melmoth Reconciled, Melmoth...
Book cover of Les Celibataires (deuxieme histoire) Le Cure de Tours
by Honore de Balzac
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2014

EXTRAIT: Au commencement de l’automne de l’année 1826, l’abbé Birotteau, principal personnage de cette histoire, fut surpris par une averse en revenant de la maison où il était allé passer la soirée. Il traversait donc aussi promptement que son...
Book cover of Parisians in the Country
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic novel. 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...
Book cover of The Two Brothers
by Honore de Balzac
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic novel. 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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