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By: Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) | |
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Catherine De Medici | |
Cousin Pons
Cousin Pons is one of the final works in Balzac's long novel series titled The Human Comedy. It was published in 1847, along with Cousin Betty, as one of a complementary pair of novels, collectively titled Poor Relations. While Cousin Betty tells the story of a bitter woman who seeks revenge on her wealthier relations, in Cousin Pons, Balzac turns to the story of an timid, innocent man who is exploited and victimized by the wealthier members of his extended family.Balzac offers probing character portraits and an indictment of greed and materialism in this detailed portrait of mid-19th-century French life... | |
A Woman of Thirty | |
At the Sign of the Cat & Racket | |
The Lily of the Valley | |
Gobseck
Part of the La Comedie Humane and something of a sequence to Balzac's Father Goriot, the short book's title is the name of the pawn broker/money lender the father Goriot utilized to maintain his spoiled daughters in the luxury he had accustomed them to. This is a continuation of the tale of one of those daughters, Mme Restaud. | |
The Atheist's Mass | |
A Passion in the Desert | |
The Hidden Masterpiece | |
Adieu | |
An Historical Mystery | |
The Country Doctor | |
The Duchesse De Langeais | |
Seraphita | |
Ferragus | |
Albert Savarus | |
Christ in Flanders | |
Beatrix | |
An Old Maid | |
The Marriage Contract | |
Bureaucracy | |
The Thirteen | |
The Ball at Sceaux | |
Facino Cane | |
A Man of Business | |
An Episode under the Terror | |
A Daughter of Eve | |
Gambara | |
The Recruit | |
The Alkahest | |
Melmoth Reconciled | |
The Lesser Bourgeoisie | |
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau | |
The Deserted Woman | |
Vendetta | |
The Brotherhood of Consolation | |
The Two Brothers | |
Verdugo, El | |
A Prince of Bohemia | |
Ursula | |
Madame Firmiani | |
A Start in Life | |
Domestic Peace | |
Pierre Grassou | |
Firm of Nucingen
Part of the Comedie Humane and a "supplementary" tale to go with Father Goriot and Gobseck. Nucingen is the married family name of one of Father Goriot's daughters. "James Waring" is a pseudonym of Ellen Marriage (Balzac was considered sometimes too racy by the Victorian Age). | |
Study of a Woman | |
A Second Home | |
Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan | |
Paz | |
Maitre Cornelius | |
Honorine | |
The Village Rector | |
Parisians in the Country | |
Z. Marcas | |
The Deputy of Arcis | |
The Hated Son | |
The Exiles | |
Pamela Giraud | |
Vautrin | |
The Message |