Honoré de Balzac: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Honoré Balssa
Born	May 20, 1799 • Tours • France
Died	August 18, 1850 (aged 51) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“A Harlot High and Low” • “Cousin Bette” • “Cousin Pons” • “Droll Stories” • “Eugénie Grandet” • “Gobseck” • “Le Père Goriot” • “Les Chouans” • “Lettres à l’étrangère” • “Lost Illusions” • “Scenes from Private Life” • “The Country Doctor” • “The Human Comedy” • “The Physiology of Marriage” • “The Wild Ass’s Skin”
Movement / Style	realism