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Honoré de Balzac


 

Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799August 18, 1850) was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of novels and stories, collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, is a broad panorama of French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy 1815-1848.

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May 20 - 1799 - August 18 - 1850 - French - Flaubert - Realism - La Comédie humaine - Restoration - July Monarchy

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