• 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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    1838–39) A Woman of Thirty (La Femme de trente ans, 1832) The Deserted Woman (La Femme abandonnée, 1832) La Grenadière (1832) The Message (Le Message...
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    (1831) La Grande Bretèche (1831) Le Réquisitionnaire (1831) L'Auberge rouge (1831) La Comédie du diable (1831) La Bourse (1832) La Grenadière (1832) Le...
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    here in 1830–1834 and frequently hosted Honoré de Balzac who wrote La Grenadière here in one night Paul Abadie (1812–1884), architect, built the churches...
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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 Grande Bretèche is a short story by Honoré de Balzac published in 1831. It is one of the Scènes de la vie privée of La Comédie humaine. Dr. Horace...
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    Eugénie Grandet (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine, and almost immediately prepared a second edition, revising...
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    La Rabouilleuse (French pronunciation: [la ʁabujøz], The Black Sheep, or The Two Brothers) is an 1842 novel by Honoré de Balzac, and is one of The Celibates...
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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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    Le 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...
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    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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    Séraphîta (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    mariées Une fille d'Eve La Femme de trente ans La Femme abandonnée La Grenadière Le Message Gobseck Le Contrat de mariage Un début dans la vie Modeste Mignon...
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    Schumann also quotes the melody in the last verse of his song "Die beiden grenadiere" Op. 49 no. 1 (1840) Richard Wagner quotes the melody in last verse of...
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    Eugène de Rastignac (category La Comédie humaine)
    (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn də ʁastiɲak]) is a fictional character from La Comédie humaine, a series of novels by Honoré de Balzac. He appears as a main...
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    Père Goriot (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Le Père Goriot (French pronunciation: [ pɛʁ ɡɔʁjo], "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac...
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  • The following is a list of characters from La Comédie humaine a collection of 95 loosely connected novels satirically detailing the life and times of French...
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  • Berthe, a French girl encountered during the pair's summer sojourn at La Grenadière, shortly after leaving school. Widmerpool was still staring wildly at...
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    Gobseck (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    appears in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Gobseck first appeared in outline form in La Mode in March 1830 under...
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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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    Colonel Chabert (novella) (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    (1799–1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), which depicts and parodies French society...
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    Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    published in Balzac's Études philosophiques in 1837 and was integrated into La Comédie humaine in 1846. The work is separated into two chapters: "Gillette"...
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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 [ʒɑk kɔlɛ̃])...
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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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    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 Maison Nucingen (English "The House of Nucingen", also translated as “The Firm of Nucingen”) is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published...
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    Adieu (short story) (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830 in La Mode. It is one of the Études philosophiques of La Comédie humaine. In 1819, two men, Baron Philippe...
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    Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. It is part of his trilogy Histoire...
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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...
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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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    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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