The Human Comedy, La Comedie Humaine, Volume

Honoré De Balzac Was AFrench Novelist And PlaywrightHis Great Work Was ASeries Of Short Stories And Novels Collectively Entitled La Comédie Humaine, Which Gives APicture Of Swathes Of French Society In The Years After The Fall Of Napoleon BonaparteBalzac Had Plenty Of Experiences To Draw Upon, He Had Been An Apprentice In ALaw Office, APublisher, Printer, Businessman, Critic, And Politician And Failed At All Of These PursuitsThe Novels Reveal His Difficulties With All These CareersMany Of These Books Have Been Adapted For The Screen And To This Day They Are ASource Of Inspiration For Writers, Filmmakers And CriticsThis Volume Includes The First Twentyone Works In La Comédie Humaine, In Their Recommended Reading Order: Father Goriot The Chouans An Episode Under The Terror Vendetta The Recruit The Red Inn Thought And Act ADouble Retribution Juana APassion In The Desert The Exiles Almae Sorori Christ In Flanders Maitre Cornelius ASecond Home An Historical Mystery At The Sign Of The Cat And Racket The Executioner Domestic Peace Louis Lambert The Alkahest
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