Author
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) is represented here by 26 public-domain titles, including A Daughter of Eve, A Passion in the Desert, and A Prince of Bohemia. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here.
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan was published and is one of the Scènes de la vie Parisienne of La Comédie humaine. The short story depicts a princess of Cadignan whose husband was exiled.
Modeste Mignon is the fifth of the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private Life) in La Comédie humaine. The first part of the novel was serialized in a bowdlerized edition in the Journal des débats in April, May and July.
Honorine is a novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy) which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy.
The main character is a Parisian perfumer, with the prototype being a legendary perfumer, Jean Vincent Bully, who achieves success in the cosmetics business, but becomes bankrupt due to property speculation.
Beatrix first appeared in the periodical Le Siècle in August, and appeared in volume form the same year. Balzac based the characters in this novel on real figures: Félicité des Touches, a celebrated musician and writer, is based on George Sand.