Honoré de Balzac - Wikipedia
WEBHonoré de Balzac (/ ˈ b æ l z æ k / BAL-zak, more commonly US: / ˈ b ɔː l-/ BAWL-, French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.
Honoré de Balzac | French Novelist, Playwright & Journalist
WEBHonoré de Balzac was a French literary artist who produced a vast number of novels and short stories collectively called La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy). He helped to establish the traditional form of the novel and is generally considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time.
The Life and Works of Honoré de Balzac, French Novelist
WEBJan 18, 2019 · Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balssa, May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a novelist and playwright in nineteenth-century France. His work formed part of the foundation of the realist tradition in European literature, with particular focus on his remarkably complex characters.
Honoré de Balzac — Wikipédia
WEBHonoré de Balzac, nom de plume d'Honoré Balzac [n 1], né le 20 mai 1799 (1 er prairial an VII du calendrier républicain) à Tours et mort le 18 août 1850 à Paris, est un écrivain français.
Honoré de Balzac (Author of Père Goriot) - Goodreads
WEBFrench writer Honoré de Balzac, a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine. Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays.
Honoré de Balzac summary | Britannica
WEBHe is generally considered the major early influence on realism, or naturalism, in the novel and one of the greatest fiction writers of all time. realism Summary. Realism, in the arts, the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life.
Honoré de Balzac - French Novelist, Realism, La Comédie Humaine
WEBHis command of the French language was probably unrivaled, and he was also an outstanding master of dialogue. His sardonic humour saves his more pessimistic stories from being uniformly dark, and he had a real gift for comedy. Balzac is regarded as the creator of realism in the novel.
Honore de Balzac - New World Encyclopedia
WEBHonoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a French novelist recognized as one of the founders of realism in European fiction. An immensely productive, if uneven writer, Balzac intended his massive (and ultimately incomplete) body of novels and stories, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine), to present a ...
The greatest books written by Honoré de Balzac
WEBHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is best known for his magnum opus 'La Comédie Humaine', a series of interconnected novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815–1848). Balzac's work is renowned for its multifaceted characters and detailed representation of ...
La Comédie humaine - Wikipedia
WEBLa Comédie humaine (French: [la kɔmedi ymɛn]; English: The Human Comedy) is Honoré de Balzac's 1829–48 multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–30) and the July Monarchy (1830–48).
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