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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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Average rating: 3.78 · 205,195 ratings · 14,455 reviews · 8,099 distinct works • Similar authors

	Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 61,832 ratings — published 1835 — 2254 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 — 24,102 ratings — published 1833 — 1599 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 — 11,581 ratings — published 1843 — 776 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 — 10,230 ratings — published 1846 — 611 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 — 10,383 ratings — published 1831 — 934 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 — 6,968 ratings — published 1835 — 693 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 3.59 avg rating — 6,463 ratings — published 1832 — 672 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 — 6,130 ratings — published 1834 — 456 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 — 5,469 ratings — published 1831 — 286 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 — 3,562 ratings — published 1838 — 427 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 — 186,677 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province (10 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 39,800 ratings

Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie parisienne (20 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 24,606 ratings

Études philosophiques (19 books)
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3.66 avg rating — 21,906 ratings

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

3.87 avg rating — 11,829 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

4230 likes

“Reading brings us unknown friends”
― Honore de Balzac

tags: reading

3113 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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Haziran 2020 - Eski Klasik Okuması

Haziran ayında grupla birlikte hangi kitabı okumak istersiniz?

Goriot Baba - Honoré de Balzac 1835, 304 sayfa

38 votes 43.7%

Don Quijote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615, 910

28 votes 32.2%

Middlemarch - George Eliot 1871, 952 sayfa

13 votes 14.9%

Parma Manastırı - Stendhal 1839, 562 Sayfa

6 votes 6.9%

Tristram Shandy Beyefendi'nin Hayatı ve Görüşleri - Laurence Sterne 1760, 661 Sayfa

2 votes 2.3%

87 total votes

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