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This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

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• Introduction(p. vii)
• Note on the Text(p. xxx)
• Select Bibliography(p. xxxi)
• A Chronology of Honore de Balzac(p. xxxii)
• Portraits of Bourgeois(p. 3)
• The Cousin from Paris(p. 35)
• Provincial Love(p. 54)
• A Miser's Promises and Lovers' Vows(p. 90)
• Family Sorrows(p. 134)
• The Way of the World(p. 169)
• Explanatory Notes(p. 193)

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Born on May 20, 1799, Honore de Balzac is considered one of the greatest French writers of all time. Balzac studied in Paris and worked as a law clerk while pursuing an unsuccessful career as an author. He soon accumulated enormous debts that haunted him most of his life.

A prolific writer, Balzac would often write for 14 to-16 hours at a time. His writing is marked by realistic portrayals of ordinary, but exaggerated characters and intricate detail. In 1834, Balzac began organizing his works into a collection called The Human Comedy, an attempt to group his novels to present a complete social history of France. Characters in this project reappeared throughout various volumes, which ultimately consisted of approximately 90 works. Some of his works include Cesar Birotteau, Le Cousin Pons, Seraphita, and Le Cousine Bette.

Balzac wed his lifelong love, Eveline Hanska in March 1850 although he was gravely ill at the time. Balzac died in August of that year.

(Bowker Author Biography)