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Honoré de Balzac

Born

in Tours, France

May 20, 1799

Died

August 18, 1850

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

Walter Scott, Molière, Jean Racine, Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Jean de L ...more

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French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine .

Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon I Bonaparte in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.

Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the n ...more

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Honoré de Balzac’s books

Average rating: 3.78 · 202,018 ratings · 14,071 reviews · 8,982 distinct works • Similar authors

	Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 61,004 ratings — published 1835 — 2219 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eugénie Grandet 3.79 avg rating — 23,789 ratings — published 1833 — 1611 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 11,453 ratings — published 1843 — 775 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cousin Bette 3.85 avg rating — 10,147 ratings — published 1846 — 615 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Ass's Skin 3.71 avg rating — 10,171 ratings — published 1831 — 940 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vadideki Zambak 3.72 avg rating — 6,797 ratings — published 1835 — 423 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Colonel Chabert 3.58 avg rating — 6,337 ratings — published 1832 — 678 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Woman Of Thirty 3.44 avg rating — 6,037 ratings — published 1834 — 451 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard (Translator), Arthur C. Danto (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 5,341 ratings — published 1831 — 289 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Harlot High and Low 4.05 avg rating — 3,524 ratings — published 1838 — 431 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie Humaine (89 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 183,843 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province (10 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 39,306 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie parisienne (20 books)
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3.77 avg rating — 24,231 ratings

Études philosophiques (19 books)
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3.66 avg rating — 21,483 ratings

Poor Relations (2 books)
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Herbert J. Hunt (Introduction)

3.87 avg rating — 11,715 ratings

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Quotes by Honoré de Balzac (?)

“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”
― Honoré de Balzac

tags: loneliness, society, solitude

4221 likes

“Reading brings us unknown friends”
― Honore de Balzac

tags: reading

3105 likes

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Physiologie Du Mariage: Ou Meditations De Philosophie Eclectique, Sur Le Bonheur Et Le Malheur Conjugal

tags: human-nature, love

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Polls

March 2021 Old School Poll

Don Juan by Molière 1665, 146 pages

18 votes, 20.7%

Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 1835, 370 pages

13 votes, 14.9%

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim 1898, 207 pages

13 votes, 14.9%

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson 1220, 180 pages

10 votes, 11.5%

All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare 1604, 336 pages

10 votes, 11.5%

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 1688, 144 pages

8 votes, 9.2%

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu -600, 160 pages

7 votes, 8.0%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 1859, 586 pages

5 votes, 5.7%

Hester by Mrs. Oliphant 1883, 468 pages

3 votes, 3.4%

87 total votes

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