![]() (Bowker Author Biography) - biography from Old Goriot … ( more) Balzac wed his lifelong love, Eveline Hanska in March 1850 although he was gravely ill at the time. Some of his works include Cesar Birotteau, Le Cousin Pons, Seraphita, and Le Cousine Bette. Characters in this project reappeared throughout various volumes, which ultimately consisted of approximately 90 works. In 1834, Balzac began organizing his works into a collection called The Human Comedy, an attempt to group his novels to present a complete social history of France. His writing is marked by realistic portrayals of ordinary, but exaggerated characters and intricate detail. A prolific writer, Balzac would often write for 14 to-16 hours at a time. He soon accumulated enormous debts that haunted him most of his life. Balzac studied in Paris and worked as a law clerk while pursuing an unsuccessful career as an author. ![]() ![]() Born on May 20, 1799, Honore de Balzac is considered one of the greatest French writers of all time. ![]()
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