HONORE DE BALZAC
Translated
by
James Waring
DEDICATION
To Don Michele Angelo Cajetani, Prince
of Teano.
It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor
to the representative of the illustrious house of
Cajetan...
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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. Common...
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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 f...
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