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    Little Miseries of Conjugal Life (Petites misères de la vie conjugale, 1846) Pathology of Social Life (Pathologie de la vie sociale, 1839), a collection of...
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    preceding Balzac novel. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes forms part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine. Lucien de Rubempré and the self-proclaimed Abbé...
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    Vautrin (redirect from Trompe-la-Mort)
    and in Illusions perdues (Lost illusions, 1837–1843) and Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, 1838–1844), the sequel...
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    Illusions perdues (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (published in parts from 1838 to 1847). Illusions perdues and Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes form part of La Comédie...
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    written two treatises on marriage: Physiologie du Mariage and Scènes de la Vie Conjugale. These works lacked firsthand knowledge; Saintsbury points out that...
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    Eugénie Grandet (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Grandet then fitted into the section: Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province) in the Comédie. He dedicated the edition to Maria Du Fresnay...
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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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    Un début dans la vie (A Start in Life) is a novel by the French writer Honoré de Balzac. It is the sixth of the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private...
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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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    Gobseck (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    novella by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), appears in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Gobseck first...
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    (commenced 1828) is discussed. 18?? – Autre Etude de Femme (1842) – 1824–1830 – Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1838–1847) – Rastignac appears at...
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    Ursule Mirouët (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    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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    Père Goriot (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows...
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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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    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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    which La Bourse was placed among the Scènes de la vie parisienne (Scenes of Parisian Life). It was, however, restored to the Scènes de la vie privée...
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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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    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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    de Balzac. It was published in 1839 and is one of the Scènes de la vie Parisienne of La Comédie humaine. The short story depicts a princess of Cadignan...
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    complet de leur vie privée, publique, politique, artistique, littéraire, industrielle, etc. (2 volumes, 1845-1846) Balzac : Petites Misères de la vie conjugale...
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    intended as a reply to the thesis of Balzac's work, Les Petites misères de la vie conjugale. More and more pessimistic as to the political future of...
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    La Vendetta (The Vendetta) is a novel by the French writer Honoré de Balzac. It is the eighth of the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private Life)...
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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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    L'Élixir de longue vie (English "The Elixir of Life") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830 and is one of the Études philosophiques...
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    Sarrasine (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    appearances. The first volume of La Comédie humaine went on sale in July 1842. Sarrasine is part of its "Scenes de la vie parisienne". Balzac's Sarrasine...
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    Le Cousin Pons (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    in Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, “la Charte ( Charter of 1814 ) a proclamé le règne de l’argent, le succès devient alors la raison suprême d’une...
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    named Crevel. The book is part of the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of Balzac's novel sequence La Comédie humaine ("The Human Comedy"). In the 1840s...
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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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    de Balzac. It was published in 1837 and is one of the Scènes de la vie Parisienne of La Comédie humaine. The story is told in the first person by an anonymous...
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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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