INTRODUCTION
“Marriage is not an institution of nature.
The family in the east is entirely different from
the family in the west. Man is the servant of
nature, and the institutions o...
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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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The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac