Honoré de Balzac
Born:
1799-05-20
From:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.
Writing
Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Lost Illusions
Eugénie Grandet
Francesconi: Trompe-la-Mort
Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions
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The Magic Skin
The Skin of Sorrow
Nucingen House
The Duchess of Langeais
La Grenadière
Old Goriot
Balzac: A Life of Passion
Cousin Bette
Passion in the Desert
Colonel Chabert
Eugénie Grandet
Secrets of the De Granshan Family
Albert Savarus
La Femme abandonnée
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
La Belle Noiseuse
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Mistr Kornelius
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Mercadet
Gobseck
