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Books by Honore De Balzac

Honore de Balzac was born 20 May 1799, the second son of a civil servant. He was brought up away from his family home, first in the care of a wet-nurse and then at a strict grammar school at Vendome. Balzac then studied at the Sorbonne, before entering training to become a lawyer, like his father. At the age of twenty, to the consternation of his family, he announced his intention to abandon law and become a writer. His early literary works met with little success, and Balzac's various business ventures as a printer and publisher also foundered. In 1829, he began to conceive a grand design for a series of novels comprehensively portraying French society in the eighteenth century. Balzac's Comedie humaine became his life's work, comprising 91 separate works depicting private and public life in the town and country, in politics and the military. Masterpieces of the Comedie humaine include Eugenie Grandet, Pere Goirot, The Wild Ass's Skin and The Black Sheep. Many of his novels were critically acclaimed on publication, and went on to profoundly influence authors from Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert to Charles Dickens and Henry James. At the age of fifty-one, Balzac was finally able to marry the recently widowed Evelina Hanska, whom he had loved for eighteen years. But by this time he was in very poor health and Balzac died only five months after his wedding, on 18 August 1850.

Rose Tremain's bestselling novels have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music and Silence), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger (Sacred Country). Restoration, the first of her novels to feature Robert Merivel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 and made into a film in 1995. Her short story, 'Moth', was also filmed (as the award-winning Ricky) by Francois Ozon in 2009. Her novel, Trespass, was a Richard and Judy Bookclub Choice. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007.She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.

Pere Goriot By Honore de Balzac
Pere Goriotby Honore de Balzac
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$15.99
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Cousin Bette By Honore de Balzac
Cousin Betteby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$35.99
inc. GST
The Wild Ass's Skin By Honore de Balzac
The Wild Ass's Skinby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$28.49
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Old Man Goriot By Honore de Balzac
Old Man Goriotby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$22.49
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The Human Comedy By Honore De Balzac
The Human Comedyby Honore De Balzac
Very Good
$35.99
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Cousin Pons By Honore de Balzac
Cousin Ponsby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$13.69
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The Wild Ass's Skin By Honore de Balzac
The Wild Ass's Skinby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$15.99
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The Unknown Masterpiece By Honore De Balzac
The Unknown Masterpieceby Honore De Balzac
Very Good
$32.99
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The Black Sheep By Honore de Balzac
The Black Sheepby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$16.99
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Selected Short Stories By Honore de Balzac
Selected Short Storiesby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$14.99
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Eugenie Grandet By Honore de Balzac
Eugenie Grandetby Honore de Balzac
Good
$13.99
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Cousin Bette By Honore de Balzac
Cousin Betteby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$17.49
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History of the Thirteen By Honore de Balzac
History of the Thirteenby Honore de Balzac
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$17.49
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Eugenie Grandet By Honore de Balzac
Eugenie Grandetby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$17.49
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A Harlot High and Low By Honore de Balzac
A Harlot High and Lowby Honore de Balzac
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$18.99
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Ursule Mirouet By Honore de Balzac
Ursule Mirouetby Honore de Balzac
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$22.99
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Louis Lambert By Honore de Balzac
Louis Lambertby Honore de Balzac
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$18.99
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The Atheist's Mass By Honore de Balzac
The Atheist's Massby Honore de Balzac
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$11.99
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A Murky Business By Honore de Balzac
A Murky Businessby Honore de Balzac
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$17.49
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Les Chouans By Honore de Balzac
Les Chouansby Honore de Balzac
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$18.49
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Colonel Chabert By Honore de Balzac
Colonel Chabertby Honore de Balzac
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$14.99
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Old Goriot By Honore De Balzac
Old Goriotby Honore De Balzac
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$21.99
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Pere Goriot By Honore de Balzac
Pere Goriotby Honore de Balzac
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$30.99
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The Chouans By Honore de Balzac
The Chouansby Honore de Balzac
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$17.99
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Old Goriot By Honore de Balzac
Old Goriotby Honore de Balzac
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$16.49
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The Human Comedy, Vol. I By Honore de Balzac
The Human Comedy, Vol. Iby Honore de Balzac
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$45.99
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Eugenie Grandet By Honore de Balzac
Eugenie Grandetby Honore de Balzac
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$12.49
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La cousine Bette By Honore de Balzac
La cousine Betteby Honore de Balzac
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$25.99
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Cesar Birotteau By Honore de Balzac
Cesar Birotteauby Honore de Balzac
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$46.99
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Cousin Bette By Honore De Balzac
Cousin Betteby Honore De Balzac
Very Good
$27.49
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The Black Sheep By Honore De Balzac
The Black Sheepby Honore De Balzac
Very Good
$20.99
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Old Goriot (Pere Goriot) By Honore De Balzac
Old Goriot (Pere Goriot)by Honore De Balzac
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$19.99
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Eugenie Grandet By Honore De Balzac
Eugenie Grandetby Honore De Balzac
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$11.99
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Ferragus/La Fille aux yeux d'or By Honore de Balzac
Ferragus/La Fille aux yeux d'orby Honore de Balzac
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$16.49
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Le Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu By Honore De Balzac
Le Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnuby Honore De Balzac
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$11.99
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Lost Souls By Honore de Balzac
Lost Soulsby Honore de Balzac
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$54.99
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L'Auberge Rouge By Honore de Balzac
L'Auberge Rougeby Honore de Balzac
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$21.49
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Cousin Bette By Honore De Balzac
Cousin Betteby Honore De Balzac
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$36.39
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La peau de chagrin By Honore de Balzac
La peau de chagrinby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$13.69
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Selected Short Stories By Honore de Balzac
Selected Short Storiesby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$24.49
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Colonel Chabert By Honore de Balzac
Colonel Chabertby Honore de Balzac
Very Good
$31.99
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La peau de chagrin By Honore de Balzac
La peau de chagrinby Honore de Balzac
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$16.99
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Lost Illusions By Honore De Balzac
Lost Illusionsby Honore De Balzac
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$127.19
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