Honoré de Balzac (/ˈbælzæk/ BAL-zak, more commonly US: /ˈbɔːl-/ BAWL-; French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was...

Relations (Les parents pauvres) Cousin Bette (La Cousine Bette, 1846) Cousin Pons (Le Cousin Pons, 1847) The Lesser Bourgeoisie (Les Petits Bourgeois, 1854...

"Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu" (English: "The Unknown Masterpiece") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was first published in the newspaper L'Artiste...

its main focus is a realistic portrayal of the excesses of bourgeois materialism. Balzac's renowned attention to detail is used to describe a gambling...

Lost Illusions — is a serial novel written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac between 1837 and 1843. It consists of three parts, starting in provincial...

mentions the château Azay-le-Rideau, in the Loire Valley, which can still be visited today. Henriette de Mortsauf was modelled on Balzac's close friend Laure...

petits collèges, were invited to follow classes at Louis-le-Grand. By 1764, these students also boarded at Louis-le-Grand.: 225  By then, the petits collèges...

[la kuzin bɛt], Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged...

Sarrasine is a novella written by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830, and is part of his Comédie Humaine. Balzac, who began writing in 1819 while living...

first volume: Une Pension bourgeoise (A Bourgeois Boarding House); Les Deux Visites (The Two Visits); L'Entrée dans le Monde (The Entrance into the World);...