Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850

Overview

Works:	18,118 works in 50,640 publications in 23 languages and 412,242 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Biography History Criticism, interpretation, etc Domestic fiction Juvenile works Love stories Church history Textbooks Allegories
Roles:	Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, Other, Honoree, Creator, Dedicatee, Translator, Publishing director, Printer, Collaborator, Composer, Author of introduction, Compiler, Contributor, Correspondent, Recipient, Lyricist, Adapter, Illustrator, Bookseller, Speaker
Classifications:	PQ2168, 843.7

Publication Timeline

1790 |

|2020

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Publications about Honoré de Balzac

Publications by Honoré de Balzac

Publications by Honoré de Balzac, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Honoré de Balzac

Balzac by Stefan Zweig ( Book )
Prometheus; the life of Balzac by André Maurois ( Book )
Dostoevsky and romantic realism: a study of Dostoevsky in relation to Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol by Donald Fanger ( Book )
Balzac : a life by Graham Robb ( Book )
Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust by Ann Elizabeth Gaylin ( )

Balzac by V. S Pritchett ( Book )
Circumstances chance in the literary text by David F Bell ( )
The poetics of death the short prose of Kleist and Balzac by Beatrice Martina Guenther ( )
Honoré de Balzac by Diana Festa-McCormick ( Book )
Honoré de Balzac by E. J Oliver ( Book )
Balzac and The human comedy by Philippe Bertault ( Book )
The divine and human comedy of Andrew M. Greeley by Allienne R Becker ( )
The melodramatic imagination : Balzac, Henry James, melodrama, and the mode of excess by Peter Brooks ( Book )
Balzac and his world by Félicien Marceau ( Book )
Balzac & the novel by Samuel Rogers ( Book )
The unheroic hero in the novels of Stendhal, Balzac, and Flaubert by Raymond Giraud ( Book )
Silences du roman Balzac et le romanesque contemporain by Aline Mura-Brunel ( )
Balzac and the nineteenth century: studies in French literature presented to Herbert J. Hunt by pupils, colleagues, and friends ( Book )
Prométhée; ou, La vie de Balzac by André Maurois ( Book )
Existentialism and alienation in American literature by Sidney Finkelstein ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Honoré de Balzac

Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
946 editions published between 1833 and 2013 in 14 languages and held by 6,892 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author's best known work, the pathetic story of a girl sacrificed to her father's inhuman avarice and to the brutal indifference of lover and husband. For other editions, see Author Catalog

Le père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
691 editions published between 1834 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 4,466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Through parental love Goriot is willingly reduced to poverty so that he may satisfy the demands of his well-married but debt-ridden daughters

Old Goriot by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
90 editions published between 1835 and 2011 in English and held by 2,679 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Great cycle of novels in which Balzac analysed the motives underlying human action

Catherine de' Médicis by Honoré de Balzac ( )
22 editions published between 1894 and 2012 in English and held by 2,195 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Balzac's La Comedie Humaine was a story cycle comprising more than 100 novels and stories. Although most of these works are set in nineteenth-century France, several hearken back to earlier periods. Catherine de' Medici centers on the life of the woman born into an aristocratic family in medieval Italy who went on to become Queen consort and, later, regent of France

Le lys dans la vallée by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
506 editions published between 1800 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Félix de Vandenesse tombe éperdument amoureux de la comtesse de Mortsauf, jeune femme vertueuse mariée à un vieil homme insupportable. Fidèle à ses valeurs, elle lutte contre le désir qui l'envahit peu à peu. Mais un jour, Félix rencontre lady Dudley, une marquise anglaise très belle mais aussi très perverse. Dès lors, il se trouve déchiré entre un amour pur et une passion sensuelle

La comédie humaine by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
334 editions published between 1829 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes t.p. and frontis. from [v. 1], The Wild ass' skin ... and other stories; the introduction and 10 leaves of text; plates from other v. of this ed.; bound in gray cloth with sample spine binding (gray cloth with paper label printed in red and black) mounted inside back cover

La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
462 editions published between 1800 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman fantastique. Roman philosophique

The country doctor by Honoré de Balzac ( )
108 editions published between 1886 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Droll stories by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
86 editions published between 1837 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For other editions see Author Catalog

The lily of the valley by Honoré de Balzac ( )
47 editions published between 1891 and 2011 in English and held by 1,995 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The correspondence between a young Frenchman and his fiancee on the subject of love reveals the differences in the two sex's approach to the subject

La cousine Bette by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
381 editions published between 1846 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 1,842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman om en ugift pige, der med sin skinsyge og hævnlyst som en ond ånd følger familien Hulot fra dens glansperiode til dens fornedrelse

Le cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
311 editions published between 1847 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,789 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ce roman sur le thème de la captation d'héritage augmente la galerie de portraits de La comédie humaine

Illusions perdues by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
315 editions published between 1837 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Le grand roman d'éducation de Balzac

Lost illusions by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
54 editions published between 1893 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lucien Chardon, an aspiring young author, leaves his small provincial hometown and attempts to succeed in Parisian literary circles of the early nineteenth century

Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac ( )
40 editions published between 1886 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this 1847 novel, often seen as a companion piece to Balzac's Cousin Bette , Sylvain Pons is a musician who despite modest means has amassed a valuable collection of art. Only after a wealthy cousin banishes him as her guest does she learn of the collection and becomes one of many who would like to get their thieving hands on it

The girl with the golden eyes by Honoré de Balzac ( )
21 editions published between 1833 and 2012 in English and held by 1,520 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Settle in for a titillating tale of illicit passion, romantic entanglement, and murder. Honore de Balzac's novella The Girl With the Golden Eyes highlights the French writer's skillful ability to convey truths about the darker nature of humanity through perfectly wrought details and observations. A must-read for fans of classic European literature, or for readers who love a healthy dose of psychological complexity with their mysteries

Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
91 editions published between 1834 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of the aging resident Goriot. Once a well-heeled merchant, Goriot was--at first--afforded special treatment from the Madame. But now something is clearly amiss in his financial affairs, and his increasingly tawdry appearance makes him a subject of ridicule in the household. Some think he lost in the markets, others see him as a lecherous patron of prostitutes, but one thing is clear: his selflessness and complete devotion to his two daughters

Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac ( )
48 editions published between 1846 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,412 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac ( )
15 editions published between 1889 and 2007 in English and French and held by 1,392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The work plunges into the fantastic and the supernatural self. In a castle in Norway near the fjord Stromfjord, Séraphitüs, a strange and melancholic being, conceals a terrible secret. Séraphitüs loves Minna, and she returns this love, believing Séraphitüs to be a man. But Séraphitüs is also loved by Wilfrid, who considers Séraphitüs to be a woman (Séraphîta). In reality, Séraphitüs-Séraphîta is a perfect androgyne, born to parents who by the doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg have transcended their humanity, and Séraphitüs-Séraphîta is the perfect example of humanity

Père Goriot, and Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac ( Book )
15 editions published between 1946 and 1963 in 3 languages and held by 1,392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wealthy and doting father impoverishes himself in securing brilliant marriages for his ambitious daughters. Symbolizes the extravagance of paternal sacrifice

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.38 (from 0.23 for The girl w ... to 0.66 for La comédi ...)

Related Identities

Wormeley, Katharine Prescott Translator Editor
Marriage, Ellen Author of introduction Translator Editor
Bell, Clara 1834-1927 Translator
Stendhal 1783-1842 Honoree
Waring, James Translator
Castex, Pierre Georges 1915- Other Author of introduction Annotator Director Publishing director Illuminator Editor Publisher
Bouteron, Marcel 1877- Other Commentator Adapter Author of introduction Annotator Commentator for written text Secretary Editor
Zweig, Stefan 1881-1942 Author of introduction Adapter
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881 Translator
Maurois, André 1885-1967 Author of introduction

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Antiheroes as literary characters Austen, Jane, Balzac, Honoré de, Catherine de Médicis,--Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, Catholic Church Catholic fiction Catholics as literary characters Catholics--Intellectual life Chance in literature Christian fiction, American Christianity and literature Collins, Wilkie, Comparative literature--English and French Comparative literature--French and English Comparative literature--French and German Comparative literature--German and French Death in literature Dickens, Charles, Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Eavesdropping Eavesdropping in literature English fiction Fathers and daughters Fiction Flaubert, Gustave, France France--Paris French fiction French literature Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, Greeley, Andrew M., Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) James, Henry, Kleist, Heinrich von, Literature Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Melodrama Middle class in literature Novelists, French Older men Proust, Marcel, Queens Realism in literature Romanticism Russian fiction--European influences Short stories, French Short story Stendhal, United States

Alternative Names

Abbé Savonati.

Abbé Savonati 1799-1850

Abbeé Savonati

Aubin, Horace de S.-

Aubin, Horace de S.- 1799-1850 Pseudonym

Aubin, Horace de Saint-

Aubin, Horace de Saint- 1799-1850 Pseudonym

Aubin, Saint

Auteur du Vicaire des Ardennes.

Ba’erzhake

Ba’erzhake, 1799-1850

Ba'erzhake

Ba'erzhake, 1799-1850

Bālazāka, ..., 1799-1850

Balsac, Honoré de

Balssa, Honoré

Balssa, Honoré, 1799-1850

Balzac.

Balzac, 1799-1850

Balzac, de.

Balzac, H.

Balzac, H. de.

Balzac, H. de, 1799-1850

Balzac, H. de (Honoré), 1799-1850

Balzac, H. de (Honoré de), 1799-1850

Balzac, Heinrich von 1799-1850

Balzac, Honoräe de

Balzac, Honoräe de 1799-1850

Balzac, Honorato

Balzac, Honorato, 1799-1850

Balzac, Honorato de, 1799-1850

Balzac, Honoratus de

Balzac, Honoratus de 1799-1850

Balzac, Honoré.

Balzac, Honoré de

Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850

Balzac, Honoré von 1799-1850

Balzac, Honoreé de

Balzac, Honoreé von

Balzac, Honoriusz.

Balzac, Honoriusz 1799-1850

Balzac, Honoryusz.

Balzac, M. de

Balzac, M. de 1799-1850

Balzac, Onorato di

Balzac, Onorato di 1799-1850

Balzac, Onore de

Balzac, ... von 1799-1850

Balzak.

Balzaḳ, ... 1799-1850

Balzak, H.

Balzak, Honoré : dë

Balzak, Honore de, 1799-1850

Balzak, Honoriusz.

Bal'zak, O.

Balʹzak, Onore

Balʹzak, Onore, 1799-1850

Balʹzak, Onore de

Balʹzak, Onore de, 1799-1850

Balzaḳ, Onoreh deh

Balzaḳ, Onoreh deh, 1799-1850

Balzāk, Ūnūrīh dī

Balzāk, Ūnūrīh dī, 1799-1850

Balzaks, Onorē de, 1799-1850

Balzaq, Ônôrē de

Balzaq, Ônôrē de 1799-1850

Balzéak, Onore

Banzăc, Hônôrê đơ

Banzăc, Hônôrê đơ, 1799-1850

Baruzakku

Baruzakku, 1799-1850

ceélibataire, Jeune

De Balzac, Honorato

De Balzac, Honorato, 1799-1850

De Balzac, Honoré

De Balzac, Honoré, 1799-1850

De Balzac, Honoreé

De Balzak, Onore

De Saint-Aubin, Horace

DeBalzac, Honoré 1799-1850

DeBalzac, Honoreé

Honoré de Balzac

Horace de Saint Aubin

Horace de Saint-Aubin, 1799-1850

Instituteur Matricante.

Instituteur Matricante 1799-1850

Jeune ceélibataire

Jeune ceélibataire, Un

Jeune célibataire, 1799-1850

Jeune célibataire, Un.

Jeune célibataire, un, 1799-1850

L'Empésé, Emile Baron de 1799-1850 Pseudonym

Lord R'Hoone.

Lord R'Hoone 1799-1850

Lord R'Hoone 1799-1850 Pseudonym

Matricante, Instituteur.

Matricante Instituteur 1799-1850

Mpalzak, Onore de

Mpalzak, Onore nte, 1799-1850

O'Rhoone, Lord.

O'Rhoone Lord 1799-1850

Pa-erh-cha-kʻo

Pa-erh-cha-kʻo, 1799-1850

Poitiers, Saint Aubin de.

Poitiers Saint Aubin de 1799-1850

R'Honne, Lord

R'Hoone

R'Hoone, ... 1799-1850 Pseudonym

R'Hoone, Lord.

R'Hoone, Lord, 1799-1850

Saint Aubin.

Saint Aubin, 1799-1850

Saint Aubin, 1799-1850, de Poitiers

Saint Aubin de Poitiers.

Saint Aubin de Poitiers 1799-1850

Saint-Aubin, Horace de.

Saint-Aubin, Horace de, 1799-1850

Saint-Aubin, Horace de 1799-1850 Pseudonym

Savonati, abbé.

Savonati Abbé 1799-1850

Savonati, Abbeé

St.-Aubin, Horace.

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Villerglé, A. de.

Villerglé A. de 1799-1850

Villergleé, A. de

Бальзак, Оноре де

Бальзак, Оноре де, 1799-1850

באלזאק, אונורה דה, 1799-1850

באלזאק, אנארע דע, 1799-1850

באלזאק, האָנאָרע דע, 1799-1850

באלזאק, הונורה דה, 1799-1850

בלזק, אונורה דה

בלזק, אונורה דה, 1799-1850

בלזק, אנארע דע

בלזק, הונורה דה

בלזק, הונורה דה-, 1799-1850

דע־באלזאק, האָנאָרע, 1799-1850

أونوريه دو بلزاك، 1799-1850

بالزاك، انوره دو

بلزاك، اونوريه دى، 1799-1850 م

بلزاك، هونورى،

هونورى بلزاك،

هونورى بلزاك، 1799-1850 م

バルザック

バルザック, 1799-1850

バルザック, オノレ・ド

巴爾札克, 1799-1850

巴爾扎克, 1799-1850

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