Honoré de Balzac. Honoré de Balzac 48611Q9711Honoré de BalzacHonoré deBalzacBalzac,_Honoré deHBalzac.jpg17991850Honoré de BalzacHonoré de BalzacHonoré de BalzacNineteenth-century French novelist and playwright.
Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers. Mediatype:(texts) -contributor:gutenberg AND (subject:"Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850" OR creator:"Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850" OR creator:"Honoré de Balzac" OR title:"Honoré de Balzac" OR description:"Honoré de Balzac" OR subject:" Browse By Author: B. Honoré de Balzac. Honoré de Balzac (French: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak]; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.
His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multifaceted characters, who are morally ambiguous. Balzac.