About
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.
Known For
Vautrin
Albert Savarus
Gobseck
Cousin Pons
Twisted Mistress
Passion in the Desert
Paris at Midnight
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
The Conquering Power
Le Lys dans la vallée
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
The Thirteenth Man
Eugenia Grandet
Love
La Grenadière
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Eugénie Grandet
Der Galeerensträfling
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Maskierte Liebe
The False Oath
The Magic Skin