Fiction & Literature

Society & Politics

19th Century France

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The Human Comedy

Selected Stories

by Honoré de Balzac · 1842 · 464 pages

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About This Book

A comprehensive cycle of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society from the fall of Napoleon to the 1848 Revolution. Balzac portrays the rise of capitalism and the complex interactions of over two thousand characters across all social strata.

Genres

History Fiction & Literature Society & Politics

Topics

19th Century France Ambition Greed Human Nature Paris Realism Social Class

Book Details

Published

1842

Pages

464

Language

fr

ISBN

9781590176641

Audiobook Available

13h 49m

Narrated by Frederick Davidson

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