Honoré de Balzac
enlightenment
modern novels
realism
romanticism
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.Wikipedia →
Works
Les Chouans
The Chouans
French · 1829Novel
1 translation
La Peau de chagrin
The Wild Ass's Skin
French · 1831Novel
2 translations
Eugénie Grandet
Eugénie Grandet
French · 1833Novel
3 translations
Histoire des Treize
The Thirteen
French · 1835Novel
2 translations
La Fille aux yeux d'or
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
French · 1835Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
Le Père Goriot
Father Goriot
French · 1835Novel
3 translations
César Birotteau
César Birotteau
French · 1837Novel
1 translation
Illusions perdues
Lost Illusions
French · 1837Novel
2 translations
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
A Harlot High and Low
French · 1838Novel
3 translations
Babel
Babel
French · 1840Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
Une ténébreuse affaire
A Murky Business
French · 1841Novel
1 translation
La Rabouilleuse
The Black Sheep
French · 1842Novel
2 translations
Ursule Mirouët
Ursule Mirouët
French · 1842Novel
1 translation
La Cousine Bette
Cousin Bette
French · 1846Novel
4 translations
Le Cousin Pons
Cousin Pons
French · 1847Novel
1 translation
L'Envers de l'histoire contemporaine
The Seamy Side of History
French · 1848Novel
2 translations
Les Nouvelles de La Comédie humaine
Stories from The Human Comedy
French · 1855Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation