Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (English: The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans, or A Harlot High and Low) by Honoré de Balzac was published in four parts from 1838-1847. It continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré, who was a main character in Illusions perdues, a preceding Balzac novel. It is one of the Scènes de la vie parisienne in Études de mœurs of La Comédie humaine.
