Honore de Balzac

Father Goriot

by Honore de Balzac

The novel takes place during the Bourbon Restoration, which brought about profound changes in French society; the struggle of individuals to secure upper-class status is ubiquitous in the book. The city of Paris...

The Wrong Side of Paris

by Honore de Balzac, Jordan Stump & Adam Gopnik

The Wrong Side of Paris, the final novel in Balzac’s The Human Comedy, is the compelling story of Godefroid, an abject failure at thirty, who seeks refuge from materialism by moving into a monastery-like lodging...

The Unknown Masterpiece

by Honore de Balzac, Richard Howard & Arthur C. Danto

Honoré De Balzac (1799-1850) is generally credited as the inventor of the modern realistic novel. In more than ninety novels, he set forth French society and life as he saw it. He created a cast of over two...

Eugenie Grandet

by Honore de Balzac

THIS ORANGE INHERITANCE EDITION OF Eug�nie Grandet IS PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION

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EUGENIE GRANDET

by Honore de Balzac

The five-foot-high Grandet allows his avaricious passion to thwart his daughter, Eugenie's, love in the classic work of social satire, carnal desire, greed, and obsession.