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Born: May 20, 1799 - Tours, France

Died: Aug. 18, 1850 - Paris, France

Considered by many to be the greatest of all novelists, Balzac's La Comedie Humaine (The Human Comedy) is a representation of the entire complex system of French society from Parisian to the provincial. He spent most of his early life in Paris working as a lawyer's clerk, newspaper writer and various business positions before beginning his writing career. His first success, Les Chouans, came in 1829. Over the next 20 years he produced over 40 novels which, by 1834, he decided to categorize and group so that they would form one complete work. Thus the Human Comedy was born in 1840. It remains one of the world's greatest masterpieces to this day.

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FHDB007

Droll Stories - Three Volumes in One

	About the Monk Amador, Who Was a Glorius Abbot of Turpenay
	Bertha the Penitent
	The Brothers-in-Arms
	Concerning a Poor Man Who Was Called Le Vieux Par-Chemins
	Concerning a Provost Who Did Not Recognise Things
	The Continence of King Francis the First
	The Danger of Being Too Innocent
	The Dear Night of Love
	Despair in Love
	The Devil's Heir
	The Fair Imperia Married
	The Fair Imperia
	The False Courtesan
	The High Constable's Wife
	How the Chateau d'Azay Came to Be Built
	How the Pretty Maid of Portillon Convinced Her Judge
	In Which It Is Demonstrated That Fortune Is Always Feminine
	Innocence
	The King's Sweetheart
	The Maid of Thilouse
	The Merry Jests of King Louis the Eleventh
	The Merry Tattle of the Nuns of Poissy
	Odd Sayings of Three Pilgrims
	Perseverance in Love
	The Reproach
	The Sermon of the Merry Vicar of Meudon
	The Succubus
	The Three Clerks of St. Nicholas
	The Venial Sin
	The Vicar of Azay-Le-Rideau

1837

247

2016k

FHDB001

The Human Comedy - Vol. I - Scenes From Private Life

	Albert Savarus
	Another Study of Woman
	The Atheist's Mass
	The Ball at Sceaux
	Beatrix
	Colonel Chabert
	The Commission in Lunacy
	A Daughter of Eve
	The Deserted Woman
	Domestic Peace
	Gobseck
	Honorine
	La Grande Breteche
	La Grenadiere
	Letters of Two Brides
	Madame Firmiani
	A Marriage Contract
	The Message
	Modeste Mignon
	Paz (The Imaginary Mistress)
	Pierre Grassou
	The Purse
	A Second Home
	At The Sign of the Cat and Racket
	A Start in Life
	Study of Woman
	The Vendetta
	A Woman of Thirty

1827-1847

1363

9333k

FHDB002

The Human Comedy - Vol. II - Scenes From Provincial Life

	A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
	Eugenie Grandet
	Eve and David
	The Gallery of Antiquities
	The Illustrious Gaudissart
	The Lily of the Valley
	The Muse of the Department
	An Old Maid
	Pierrette
	The Two Brothers
	Two Poets
	Ursula
	The Vicar of Tours

1827-1847

1301

9102k

FHDB003

The Human Comedy - Vol. III - Scenes From Parisian Life

	Bureaucracy
	Cousin Betty
	Cousin Pons
	The Duchesse de Langeais
	The End of Evil Ways
	Esther Happy; or, How a Courtesan Can Love
	Facino Cane
	Father Goriot
	Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants
	The Firm of Nucingen
	Gaudissart II
	The Girl With the Golden Eyes
	The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes)
	A Man of Business
	A Prince of Bohemia
	Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau
	Sarrasine
	Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
	Unconscious Comedians
	Vautrin's Last Avatar
	What Love Costs an Old Man

1827-1847

1830

11990k

FHDB004

The Human Comedy - Vol. IV - Scenes From Political & Military Life

	The Chouans
	Deputy of Arcis
	An Episode Under the Terror
	An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
	The Initiate
	Madame de la Chanterie
	A Passion in the Desert
	Z. Marcas

1827-1847

682

4705k

FHDB005

The Human Comedy - Vol. V - Scenes From Country Life

	The Country Doctor
	Sons of the Soil
	The Village Rector

1827-1847

471

3642k

FHDB006

The Human Comedy - Vol. VI - Philosophical Studies

	About Catherine De'Medici
	Adieu
	The Alkahest (The House of Claes)
	Christ in Flanders
	A Drama on the Seashore
	El Verdugo
	The Elixir of Life
	The Exiles
	Gambara
	The Hated Son
	The Hidden Masterpiece
	Juana (The Maranas)
	Louis Lambert
	The Magic Skin
	Maitre Cornelius
	Massimilla Doni
	Melmoth Reconciled
	The Recruit
	The Red Inn
	Seraphita

1827-1847

933

6574k

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