APPENDIX
THE BALZAC
PLAN
OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE
The form in which the Comedie Humaine was left by
its author, with the exceptions of Le Depute d’Arcis
(incomplete) and Les Petits Bourgeois_, bot...
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The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Common...
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Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation f...
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The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac