The Seamy Side of History: The Comedy of Human Life Volume XXXII Honore Balzac

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Seamy Side of History

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The Seamy Side of History: The Comedy of Human Life Volume XXXII: Nonsuch Classics by Honore Balzac

The Comedy of Human Life (La Comedie Humaine) is the collective title given to a series of linked stories by Balzac, such as provincial, Parisian, political, military and country. It includes some of the best stories from the series, concerning Christianity, seduction, swindling, corruption, love, lost treasure, politics, betrayal and regicide.

About Honore Balzac

Honore de Balzac was born in 1799. His family moved to Paris in 1814 and in 1816 he entered the Sorbonne to study law. However, he decided to pursue his dream of writing rather than embarking upon a legal career. His early novels, written under a pseudonym, were unsuccessful, but, despite the opposition of his family, he decided to continue writing and his persistence paid off in 1829, when, with the publication of La Dernier Chouan, Balzac finally achieved recognition. In the following years he produced a number of works which are considered to be classics of French literature, including La peau de chagrin (1931), Eugenie Grandet (1933) and Les illusions perdues (Vol. I, 1937). In 1850 Balzac married Eveline Hanska, a rich Polish lady with whom he had been corresponding for 15 years, but he died in the same year.

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Sku

GOR007938252

ISBN 13

9781845880521

ISBN 10

1845880528

Title

The Seamy Side of History: The Comedy of Human Life Volume XXXII: Nonsuch Classics by Honore Balzac

Author

Honore Balzac

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Nonsuch Publishing

Year published

20050801

Number of pages

320

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