The Human Comedy, La Comedie Humaine, Volume 2, Includes the Following Books (Complete and Unabridged): A Woman of Thirty, the Thirteen, the Girl with (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781781394090)

Honor de Balzac (1799 - 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His great work was a series of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Com die Humaine, which gives a picture of swathes of French society in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Balzac had plenty of experiences to draw upon, he had been an apprentice in a law office, a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician and failed at all of these pursuits. The novels reveal his difficulties with all these careers. Many of these books have been adapted for the screen and to this day they are a source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. This volume includes twelve works in La Com die Humaine, in their recommended reading order: A Woman Of Thirty, The Thirteen, The Girl With The Golden Eyes, The Two Brothers, The Elixir Of Life, Catherine De' Medici, Eugenie Grandet, Rise And Fall Of Cesar Birotteau, The Hidden Masterpiece, Sarrasine, The Hated Son, Farewell

Author: Honore Debalzac
ISBN-10: 1781394091
ISBN-13: 9781781394090
Publisher: Benediction Classics
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2013
Pages: 1176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.51lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 2.38d