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...
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a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is located in the 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard...
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Illusions perdues (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac)
English, 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...
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Monument to Balzac is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in memory of the French novelist Honoré de Balzac. According to Rodin, the sculpture aims to portray...
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faire une proposition Que personne ne refuserait. Honoré de Balzac, Œuvres complètes de H. de Balzac (1834), Calmann-Lévy, 1910 (Le Père Goriot, II. L'entrée...
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Ewelina Hańska (category Honoré de Balzac)
a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in Volhynia (now Ukraine), Hańska...
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Wild Ass's Skin, is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of...
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La Comédie humaine (redirect from Scènes de la vie privée)
humaine (French: [la kɔmedi ymɛn]; English: The Human Comedy) is Honoré de Balzac's 1829–48 multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories...
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sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts. As French novelist Honoré de Balzac stated, eroticism is dependent not just upon an individual's sexual...
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Eugène de Rastignac (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn də ʁastiɲak]) is a fictional character from La Comédie humaine, a series of novels by Honoré de Balzac. He...
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included Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Baudelaire, Gérard de Nerval and Honoré de Balzac. The Club was started as a research experiment. Unknown members...
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leporc.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-08. Honoré de Balzac also called rillettes "brown jam": Honoré de Balzac, Le Lys dans la Vallée [The lily of the valley]...
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Père Goriot (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac)
an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La...
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Les Cent Contes drolatiques (category Short stories by Honoré de Balzac)
Stories, is a collection of humorous short stories by the French writer Honoré de Balzac, based on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron and influenced by François...
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in 2021, Eugénie Grandet, based upon the novel of the same name by Honoré de Balzac, and The Mad Women's Ball (Le Bal des folles), based upon the novel...
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Lost Illusions (2021 film) (category Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac)
of Illusions perdues (1837–43) by Honoré de Balzac. It stars Benjamin Voisin, Xavier Dolan, Vincent Lacoste, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, and Jeanne...
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Eugène-François Vidocq (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. He was the founder and first director of France's first criminal investigative...
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Gobseck (category Novellas by Honoré de Balzac)
Gobseck, an 1830 novella by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), appears in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie...
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2012. The Complete Works of Balzac (巴尔扎克作品集) La Peau de chagrin (Honoré de Balzac) (驴皮记) (Balzac) (古物陈列室) French: La Dame de Monsoreau (Alexandre Dumas)...
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Rossini. She sat for Vernet for his painting of Judith and Holofernes. Honoré de Balzac described her as "the most beautiful courtesan in Paris". Olympe Pélissier...
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La Maison Nucingen (category Short stories by Honoré de Balzac)
Firm of Nucingen”) is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1837 and is one of the Scènes de la vie Parisienne of La Comédie humaine...
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Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French novelist and playwright. Balzac may also refer to: Balzac (crater), a crater on Mercury 18430 Balzac, an asteroid...
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Louis Lambert (novel) (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac)
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosophiques section of his novel...
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac)
and Low, or as Lost Souls, is an 1838–1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initially separate parts: Esther Happy (Esther heureuse...
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Olsen. Named after the famous French novelist and famed coffee drinker Honoré de Balzac, the cafes serve conventional and fair trade blends, as well as espressos...
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Ursule Mirouët (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac)
to Honoré de Balzac’s series of 94 novels and short stories La Comédie humaine. First published in 1841, it forms part of his Scènes de la vie de province...
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Le Lys dans la vallée (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac)
Books, 2024) Honoré de Balzac by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet, chapter 4 Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd Balzac, Honoré de; Wormeley, Katharine...
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the studies made in preparation to the Monument to Balzac, a tribute to novelist Honoré de Balzac commissioned by the Society of Men of Letters of France...
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La Messe de l'athée (English "The Atheist's Mass") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1836. It is one of the Scènes de la vie privée in...
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the Canadian Pacific Railway, after one of his favourite authors, Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) a noted French novelist. The post office here was opened...
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