The complete online text of Paz by Honoré de Balzac.

Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation for what has been called artistic license or dishonesty...

The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Commonly regarded as the founder of social realism, he also...

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Mexican writer Octavio Paz was a celebrated author, translator and literary critic who wrote fiction, poetry, and philosophy. He resigned his position as Mexico's ambassador to India in 1968, after the Mexican government massacred hundreds of students protesting for a more democratic political system....

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