Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence <a href="/c/books/credit/364146/la-comedie-humaine/">La Comédie humaine</a>, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. The structure of La Comédie humaine is as follows: <b>• <a href="/c/books/credit/364141/etudes-de-moeurs/">Études de mœurs</a>:</b> - <a href="/c/books/credit/366021/scenes-de-la-vie-de-campagne/">Scènes de la vie de campagne</a> - <a href="/c/books/credit/366052/scenes-de-la-vie-militaire/">Scènes de la vie militaire</a> - <a href="/c/books/credit/366094/scenes-de-la-vie-parisienne/">Scènes de la vie parisienne</a> - <a href="/c/books/credit/365098/scenes-de-la-vie-politique/">Scènes de la vie politique</a> - <a href="/c/books/credit/366002/scenes-de-la-vie-privee/">Scènes de la vie privée</a> - <a href="/c/books/credit/366100/scenes-de-la-vie-de-province/">Scènes de la vie de province</a> <b>• <a href="/c/books/credit/366061/etudes-philosophiques/">Études philosophiques</a></b> <b>• <a href="/c/books/credit/365845/etudes-analytiques/">Études analytiques</a></b>