This volume is divided into three sections. These are an introduction to Balzac's enormous collection of novels called The Human Comedy, an appendix with a listing of all the novels, and an introduction to The Human Comedy written by Balzac. Bal...

Facino Cane was born in 1360. He studied military arts and fought for France. During his military career his ruthless acts helped his men and himself become very rich. He later took the Duchy of Milan. Cane died in 1412. Honora de Balzac is c...

Honora de Balzac is the narrator of this novel about Louis Lambert, a child prodigy. Balzac and Lambert are portrayed as students in Paris. They are both social outcasts who develop a love of philosophy. After a psychic dream, Lambert writes ...

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The Girl with the Golden Eyes is part of the History of the Thirteen trilogy written by Honora de Balzac. Balzac was the first writer to write about the social scene France. The introduction tells of urban and economic life in Paris. The story i...

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The volume of short stories which, in the first complete edition of the Comedie, opens with Les Marana, contains, with that in which La Recherche de l'Absolu leads off, the very finest productions of the author on a small scale; and they now appea...

Ursula was written in 1842 and is part of Scenes from Provincial Life, which is a part of the larger work The Comedy Human. The story depicts the struggle of the lower class to obtain wealth and power at any means. Supernatural elements are used...

Don Juan is the story of a father and son. Don Juan's father asked Don Juan to revive him after death with an elixir of life. Don Juan makes a decision that will change his life forever.

The volume of short stories which, in the first complete edition of the Comedie, opens with Les Marana, contains, with that in which La Recherche de l'Absolu leads off, the very finest productions of the author on a small scale; and they now appea...