 | Honoré de Balzac (/ˈbælzæk/ BAL-zak, more commonly US: /ˈbɔːl-/ BAWL-, French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was... 71 KB (8,412 words) - 04:03, 10 April 2024 |
 | Relations (Les parents pauvres) Cousin Bette (La Cousine Bette, 1846) Cousin Pons (Le Cousin Pons, 1847) The Lesser Bourgeoisie (Les Petits Bourgeois, 1854... 40 KB (5,086 words) - 22:44, 25 November 2023 |
 | La Peau de chagrin (redirect from Le Peau de Chagrin) its main focus is a realistic portrayal of the excesses of bourgeois materialism. Balzac's renowned attention to detail is used to describe a gambling... 49 KB (6,882 words) - 23:48, 12 January 2024 |
 | Illusions perdues (redirect from Les Illusions Perdues) Lost Illusions — is a serial novel written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac between 1837 and 1843. It consists of three parts, starting in provincial... 19 KB (2,431 words) - 20:14, 8 March 2024 |
 | "Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu" (English: "The Unknown Masterpiece") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was first published in the newspaper L'Artiste... 7 KB (661 words) - 05:46, 6 June 2023 |
 | mentions the château Azay-le-Rideau, in the Loire Valley, which can still be visited today. Henriette de Mortsauf was modelled on Balzac's close friend Laure... 3 KB (275 words) - 15:01, 5 April 2024 |
 | Père Goriot (redirect from Le pere Goriot) first volume: Une Pension bourgeoise (A Bourgeois Boarding House); Les Deux Visites (The Two Visits); L'Entrée dans le Monde (The Entrance into the World);... 42 KB (5,665 words) - 10:34, 28 February 2024 |
 | Cousin Bette (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac) [la kuzin bɛt], Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged... 63 KB (8,512 words) - 19:27, 29 February 2024 |
 | Eugénie Grandet (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac) Eugénie Grandet is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, La Comédie... 17 KB (2,237 words) - 07:20, 12 April 2024 |
 | Sarrasine (category Novellas by Honoré de Balzac) Sarrasine is a novella written by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830, and is part of his Comédie Humaine. Balzac, who began writing in 1819 while living... 18 KB (2,564 words) - 19:52, 30 June 2023 |
 | Colonel Chabert (novella) (redirect from Le Colonel Chabert (novel)) Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is included in his... 5 KB (557 words) - 17:15, 10 November 2023 |
 | Les Chouans (French pronunciation: [le ʃwɑ̃], The Chouans) is an 1829 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included... 20 KB (2,687 words) - 16:53, 23 November 2023 |
 | The Maison de Balzac (English: Balzac's House) is a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It... 7 KB (689 words) - 22:48, 26 September 2023 |
 | Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac) Low, or as Lost Souls, is an 1838–1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initially separate parts: Esther Happy (Esther heureuse... 11 KB (1,293 words) - 12:53, 30 August 2023 |
 | petits collèges, were invited to follow classes at Louis-le-Grand. By 1764, these students also boarded at Louis-le-Grand.: 225 By then, the petits collèges... 40 KB (4,502 words) - 04:41, 15 April 2024 |
 | ordering the construction of Les Invalides Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s project with unrealized south esplanade Visit of Louis XIV to Les Invalides. Painting by... 27 KB (2,779 words) - 02:59, 22 February 2024 |
Charles Rabou (section Publication de Balzac) after his death: Le Député d'Arcis [fr] (1854), Le Comte de Sallenauve [fr] (1855), La Famille Beauvisage [fr] (1855), Les Petits Bourgeois [fr] (1856), a... 4 KB (410 words) - 22:42, 20 December 2021 |
 | Père Lachaise Cemetery (redirect from Le Père Lachaise Cemetery) 1833: Ferragus by Balzac – description of cemetery 1834: Le Père Goriot by Balzac – the Père Goriot is buried in Père Lachaise 1844: Le comte de Monte Cristo... 27 KB (3,305 words) - 14:23, 6 April 2024 |
 | as Champfleury and Honoré de Balzac. Les Métamorphoses du jour (1829), color lithographs No. 2: Attends Attends! petit matou (Wait wait! little cat)... 53 KB (6,083 words) - 22:42, 19 April 2024 |
 | Honoré de Balzac, Les Parents pauvres, 12 vols, Paris: Chlendowski et Pétion, 1847-1848 (Le Cousin Pons, vols 7-12, 1848) Honoré de Balzac, Les Parents... 11 KB (1,544 words) - 20:48, 9 January 2022 |
 | Eugène de Rastignac (category Honoré de Balzac characters) Balzac. He appears as a main character in Le Père Goriot (1835), and his social advancement in the post-revolutionary French world depicted by Balzac... 11 KB (1,642 words) - 18:41, 7 April 2023 |
Une passion dans le désert (English "A Passion in the Desert") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830 and is one of the Scènes... 3 KB (344 words) - 05:04, 22 March 2023 |
 | Ewelina Hańska (category Honoré de Balzac) recommendation, she turned creative control of Balzac's unfinished novels Le Député d'Arcis and Les Petits Bourgeois to another writer, Charles Rabou. Rabou... 45 KB (6,154 words) - 22:42, 11 April 2024 |
The Adventures of Tintin (redirect from Les Aventures de Tintin) seul rival international c'est Tintin! Nous sommes les petits qui ne se laissent pas avoir par les grands." Spoken by Charles de Gaulle, according to... 144 KB (14,082 words) - 18:27, 15 April 2024 |
 | Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (English "The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in... 8 KB (855 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2024 |
 | Louis Lambert (novel) (category Novels by Honoré de Balzac) Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosophiques section of his novel... 28 KB (3,945 words) - 18:23, 22 August 2023 |
 | Les Proscrits (sometimes translated into English as The Exiles) is a French short story by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1831 by éditions Gosselin, then... 4 KB (404 words) - 23:43, 27 August 2021 |
 | Gobseck (category Novellas by Honoré de Balzac) Gobseck, an 1830 novella by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), appears in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie... 5 KB (507 words) - 09:02, 27 September 2023 |
 | La Vendetta (novel) (redirect from La Vendetta (Balzac)) La Vendetta (The Vendetta) is a novel by the French writer Honoré de Balzac. It is the eighth of the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private Life) in... 7 KB (820 words) - 08:19, 31 May 2023 |
 | Le Médecin de campagne (The Country Doctor) is an 1833 novel by Honoré de Balzac. The second in his Scène de la vie de campagne series, it addresses the... 3 KB (340 words) - 21:09, 23 September 2022 |