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Two Brothers
La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, or The Two Brothers) is an 1842 novel by Honore de Balzac, and is one of The Celibates in the series La Comedie humaine. It tells the story of the …
Bureaucracy
Excerpt: "e;In Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling …
Gobseck & At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Gobseck, an 1830 novella by French author Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), appears in the Scenes de la vie privee section of his novel sequence La Comedie humaine. Gobseck first …
Catherine De Medici
When Balzac states that his intent is to rescue Catherine's historical reputation, this is from those 19th century French historians who considered her to be an ineffective ruler. …
Eugenie Grandet & Sarrasine
Eugenie Grandet is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honore de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, La Comedie humaine, and almost …
Cousin Pons
Le Cousin Pons is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honore de Balzac's Comedie humaine. Begun in 1846 as a novella, it was envisaged as one part of a …
Modeste Mignon
The first part of Modeste Mignon is based on a traditional species of folktale known as La fille mal gardee ("e;The Ill-Watched Girl"e;), in which a young woman takes a …
Louis Lambert
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), included in the Etudes philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Comedie …
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life is one of the last great works completed by Balzac for his huge novel series entitled The Human Comedy. Sections of this book, in various groupings …
Start in Life & Another Study of Woman
This is one of Balzac's best stories ever. It's the story of a foolish, spoilt boy who brags about his place in life in front of his intended patron, who's travelling incognito on …