Essential Novelists - Honoré de Balzac

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Honoré de Balzacwhich areFather GoriotandA Woman of Thirty.

Honoré de Balzac was a French realism novelist, playwright, essayist and critic. His serial novel, La Comédie humaine, is among his most extensive works.

Novels selected for this book:

- Father Goriot

- A Woman of Thirty

This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.



Honoré de Balzac,(born May 20, 1799, Tours, Francedied August 18, 1850, Paris), French literary artist who produced a vast number of novels and short stories collectively called La Comédie humaine. He helped to establish the traditional form of the novel and is generally considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time.