HONORE DE BALZAC
\ˈɒnɔː də bˈaltsak], \ˈɒnɔː də bˈaltsak], \ˈɒ_n_ɔː d_ə b_ˈa_l_t_s_a_k]\
Definitions of HONORE DE BALZAC
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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The greatest of French novelists; born in Tours, May 16, 1799; died in Paris, Aug. 18, 1850. He gave to his works the general title "The Human Comedy", in which are embraced the sub-series: "Scenes of Private Life", 27 stories and sketches (among them: "The Woman of Thirty Years", "The Grenadier Woman"); "Scenes of Paris Life" (among them: "Pere Goriot", "Cesar Birotteau", "Cousin Betty"); "Scenes of Political Life"; "Scenes of Military Life"; and so on. According to Larousse's Dictionary, Balzac's novels amount in all to 97 titles; but this does not include all miscellaneous studies and short stories contributed to periodicals.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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