Honore De Balzac

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Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

Books by Honore De Balzac

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Old Man Goriot
Honore De Balzac
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In 19th-century Paris, an old father sacrifices everything for his ungrateful daughters, while a young student tries to climb the city's ruthless social ladder.
Eugenie Grandet
Honore De Balzac
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In a French town, a sheltered heiress's love for her cousin clashes with her miserly father's obsession with gold, leading to tragedy.