Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
The Napoleon of the People
Witness the rise and fall of a legendary leader through the eyes of a loyal soldier, revealing a tale of ambition, devotion, and the relentless march of history.
By Honoré de Balzac
Melmoth Reconciled
In the dim alleys of Parisian finance, a troubled cashier makes a dangerous deal with a mysterious stranger, trading his morality for a chance to escape his debts.
By Honoré de Balzac
Vendetta
In post-Napoleonic France, a young woman's love for her family's enemy throws her into a conflict between loyalty and happiness, amid her father's thirst for revenge.
By Honoré de Balzac
Louis Lambert
A brilliant young mind fights to reconcile his extraordinary gifts with a world that struggles to understand them, leading him down a path of philosophical exploration and personal turmoil.
By Honoré de Balzac
Droll Stories — Volume 3
In a world of social constraints and human desires, discover the humorous and risqué tales of love, morality, and societal norms during the 19th century.
By Honoré de Balzac
Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
In a vibrant and lavish 16th-century France, experience humorous and scandalous stories of love, lust, and morality.
By Honoré de Balzac
Droll Stories — Volume 1
In a time of lavish courts and questionable morals, a naive priest finds himself caught in a whirlwind of temptation with cunning courtesans.
By Honoré de Balzac
Domestic Peace
Amidst a whirlwind of lavish parties and hidden affairs in Napoleonic France, a countess must navigate treacherous social waters to discover the true cost of love and loyalty.
By Honoré de Balzac
Droll Stories — Volume 2
Get ready to laugh as sneaky characters scheme and outwit each other in old-time France full of humorous antics.
By Honoré de Balzac
Adieu
In post-Napoleonic France, a devoted colonel confronts the heartbreaking madness of his lost love, pushing the boundaries of affection and desperation to reignite a past consumed by war.
By Honoré de Balzac
The Hated Son
Amidst the chaos of civil war and a tyrannical husband, a mother confronts her deepest fears as she fights to protect her unborn child from a dark fate.
By Honoré de Balzac
Sarrasine
A sculptor's world shatters when the opera singer he adores reveals a secret that challenges everything he believes about love and identity.
By Honoré de Balzac
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Amidst the bustling streets of Paris, a young artist's infatuation with a shopkeeper's daughter ignites a passionate romance, threatening to shatter social expectations.
By Honoré de Balzac
Eve and David
A couple's dreams of success in printing are threatened by family ambition and financial struggles.
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A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A young poet, full of dreams and accompanied by a woman, journeys to Paris, where he quickly discovers that love and ambition are much different than he imagined back home.
By Honoré de Balzac
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2
Explore a world of 19th-century marriages, where love is a battlefield of wit, strategy, and power, focusing on the challenges and hidden motives between husbands and wives.
By Honoré de Balzac
Gaudissart II
In a city buzzing with commerce, a clever salesman uses his charm and wit to succeed, revealing the humorous side of buying and selling.
By Honoré de Balzac
Gobseck
In the heart of Paris, a sharp usurer's life, as narrated by a young lawyer, exposes the dark underbelly of wealth and ambition.
By Honoré de Balzac
A Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant
** In old Paris, a distracted professor, guided by his watchful servant, faces the everyday chaos he overlooks in his scientific pursuits.
By Honoré de Balzac
La Grenadiere
In the French countryside, a mother's hidden illness casts a shadow on her children's idyllic life, forcing them to confront loss and promise to protect each other after she is gone.
By Honoré de Balzac