Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

1799–1850 · French

Also known as Horace de Saint-Aubin , Lord R’Hoone , Viellerglé , Saint Aubin

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.


15 books in collection

Must-Read 1800

César Birotteau

Literature

Must-Read 1888

Cousin Bette

Literature

Must-Read 1833

Eugénie Grandet

Literature

Must-Read 1913

Lost Illusions

Literature

Must-Read 1800

Père Goriot

Literature

Must-Read 2017

The Wild Ass's Skin

Literature

Recommended 1895

A Start in Life

Literature

Recommended 2011

A Woman of Thirty

Literature

Recommended 1892

Albert Savarus

Literature

Recommended 1839

Béatrix

Literature

Recommended 2017

Father Goriot

Literature

Recommended 2002

Letters of Two Brides

Literature

Recommended 1845

Modeste Mignon

Literature

Recommended 2003

Parisians in the Country

Literature

Recommended 2023

Shorts from Scenes from Private Life

History