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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Le Colonel Chabert (1844, first published as La transaction, 1832) The Atheist's Mass (La Messe de l'athée, 1836) L'Interdiction (1836, a.k.a. The Commission...
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Comédie du diable (1831) La Bourse (1832) La Grenadière (1832) Le Message (1832) Un drame au bord de la mer (1834) La Messe de l'athée (1836) Facino Cane (1837)...
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La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, or The Two Brothers) is an 1842 novel by Honoré de Balzac, and is one of The Celibates in the series La Comédie humaine...
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Eugénie Grandet (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine, and almost immediately...
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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...
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Illusions perdues (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
novels, La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, 1842), that is set in Paris and in the provinces. It forms part of the Scènes de la vie de province in La Comédie...
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Saint-Sulpice, Paris (category Burial sites of the House of la Tour d'Auvergne)
Honoré de Balzac celebrated Mass in the church and lived nearby in the rue Cassette. Furthermore, the plot of Balzac's short story La Messe de l'athée centers...
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
1846) The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation de Vautrin, 1847) It continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré, who was a main character in...
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La Peau de chagrin (French pronunciation: [la po də ʃaɡʁɛ̃], The Skin of Shagreen), known in English as The Magic Skin and The Wild Ass's Skin, is an...
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La Fille aux yeux d'or (English: The Girl With the Golden Eyes) is an 1835 novella by Honoré de Balzac. It is the third part of the Thirteen series, which...
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Colonel Chabert (novella) (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy)...
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Le Cousin Pons (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
Pons (French pronunciation: [lə kuzɛ̃ pɔ̃s]) is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac’s Comédie humaine. Begun...
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Père Goriot (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
(French pronunciation: [lə pɛʁ ɡɔʁjo], "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included...
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La Grenadière is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1832 and is one of the Scènes de la vie privée of La Comédie humaine. La Grenadière...
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Cousin Bette (redirect from La Cousine Bette)
La Cousine Bette (French pronunciation: [la kuzin bɛt], Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris...
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Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. It is part...
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Sarrasine (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
Sarrasine was published, Balzac experienced great success with another work, La Peau de Chagrin (1831). As his career began to take off and his publications began...
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Vautrin (redirect from Trompe-la-Mort)
[votʁɛ̃]) is a character from the novels of French writer Honoré de Balzac in the La Comédie humaine series. His real name is Jacques Collin (pronounced...
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Une ténébreuse affaire (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
de Balzac, published in 1841. It was originally published in serial form in Le Journal du Commerce. It is one of the Scènes de la vie politique in La...
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Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (English "The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in...
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Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
inconnu" (English: "The Unknown Masterpiece") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was first published in the newspaper L'Artiste with the title "Maître...
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Honorine (novel) (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy)...
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La Duchesse de Langeais is an 1834 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his...
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La Bourse (The Purse) is a short story by the French novelist Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1832 by Mame-Delaunay as one of the Scènes de la vie...
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Un drame au bord de la mer (English "A Drama on the Seashore") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1834 and is one of the Études...
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The Quest of the Absolute (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
(French: La Recherche de l'absolu) is a novel by Honoré de Balzac. The novel first appeared in 1834, with seven chapter-divisions, as a Scène de la vie privée;...
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Séraphîta (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
[seʁafita]) is a French novel by Honoré de Balzac with themes of androgyny. It was published in the Revue de Paris in 1834. In contrast with the realism...
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La Maison du chat-qui-pelote (The House of the Cat and Racket) is a novel by Honoré de Balzac. It is the opening work in the Scènes de la vie privée (transl...
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Lys dans la Vallée (English: The Lily of the Valley) is an 1835 novel about love and society by the French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850)...
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