SeriesThe Human Comedy

Original name: La comédie humaine

Series author: Honoré de Balzac

145 Works Popularity 538 (10,361 Members) 23,261 Books 396 Reviews 3.7
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At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac 162 copies, 5 reviews1
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac 2,050 copies, 26 reviewsScènes de la vie de province
The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac 60 copies, 2 reviews2
Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac 169 copies, 4 reviews3
The Purse by Honoré de Balzac 43 copies, 3 reviews4
Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac 91 copies, 4 reviews5
A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac 53 copies6
Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac 47 copies, 1 review7
Vendetta by Honoré de Balzac 81 copies, 4 reviews8
A Second Home by Honoré de Balzac 32 copies, 2 reviews9
Domestic Peace and Other Stories by Honoré de Balzac 25 copies10
Madame Firmiani by Honoré de Balzac 33 copies, 5 reviews11
Study of a Woman by Honoré de Balzac 38 copies, 2 reviews12
Paz by Honoré de Balzac 37 copies, 2 reviews13
A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac 61 copies, 1 review14
The Message by Honoré de Balzac 23 copies15
La Grenadière by Honoré de Balzac 24 copies16
The Deserted Woman by Honoré de Balzac 33 copies17
Honorine by Honoré de Balzac 38 copies18
Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac 131 copies, 2 reviews19
Gobseck by Honoré de Balzac 70 copies20
A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac 393 copies, 5 reviews21
Old Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 5,107 copies, 87 reviews22
The Atheist's Mass by Honoré de Balzac 53 copies, 1 review24
The Commission in Lunacy (in Law in Action) by Honoré de Balzac 24 copies, 1 review25
A Marriage Settlement by Honoré de Balzac 71 copies, 2 reviews26
Another Study of Woman by Honoré de Balzac 22 copies, 1 review27
Ursule Mirouët by Honoré de Balzac 259 copies, 5 reviews28
Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac 2,853 copies, 40 reviews29
Pierrette by Honoré de Balzac 83 copies31
The Vicar of Tours by Honoré de Balzac 80 copies, 1 review32
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac 541 copies, 9 reviews33
The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honoré de Balzac 21 copies, 1 review34
The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac 25 copies35
An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac 69 copies36
The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac 51 copies37
César Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac 292 copies, 7 reviews38
A Harlot High and Low by Honoré de Balzac 813 copies, 14 reviews40
Los secretos de la princesa de Cadignan by Honoré de Balzac 54 copies, 1 review41
Facino Cane by Honoré de Balzac 19 copies42
Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac 182 copies, 9 reviews43
Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac 22 copies44
A Man of Business by Honoré de Balzac 13 copies45
A Prince of Bohemia by Honoré de Balzac 28 copies46
Gaudissart II by Honoré de Balzac 9 copies47
The Bureaucrats (European Classics) by Honoré de Balzac 80 copies, 3 reviews48
Unconscious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac 17 copies49
The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac 85 copies, 1 review50
The Wrong Side of Paris by Honoré de Balzac 197 copies, 6 reviews51
Ferragus by Honoré de Balzac 88 copies, 3 reviews52
The Duchesse of Langeais by Honoré de Balzac 116 copies, 1 review53
The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac 335 copies, 7 reviews54
Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac 1,920 copies, 31 reviews55
An Episode under the Terror by Honoré de Balzac 32 copies, 4 reviews57
The Member for Arcis by Honoré de Balzac 41 copies, 1 review59
Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac 15 copies60
The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac 469 copies, 4 reviews61
A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 103 copies62
The Peasantry by Honoré de Balzac 98 copies, 1 review63
The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac 240 copies, 5 reviews64
The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac 78 copies, 3 reviews65
The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac 547 copies, 7 reviews66
The Wild Ass's Skin by Honoré de Balzac 1,257 copies, 25 reviews67
Christ in Flanders by Honoré de Balzac 33 copies68
Melmoth Reconciled by Honoré de Balzac 30 copies, 4 reviews69
The Quest of the Absolute by Honoré de Balzac 174 copies, 4 reviews73
The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac 44 copies, 1 review74
Adieu by Honoré de Balzac 68 copies75
The Maranas by Honoré de Balzac 7 copies76
The Conscript by Honoré de Balzac 16 copies77
El Verdugo by Honoré de Balzac 18 copies78
A Drama on the Seashore by Honoré de Balzac 18 copies79
Maitre Cornelius by Honoré de Balzac 17 copies, 1 review80
The Red Inn by Honoré de Balzac 65 copies, 1 review81
About Catherine de Medici by Honoré de Balzac 136 copies, 2 reviews82
The elixir of long life by Honoré de Balzac 47 copies83
The Exiles by Honoré de Balzac 22 copies, 4 reviews84
Louis Lambert / The Exiles / Christ in Flanders by Honoré de Balzac 27 copies, 1 review85
Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac 145 copies, 1 review86
The Physiology of Marriage by Honoré de Balzac 123 copies, 2 reviews87
Petty Troubles of Married Life by Honoré de Balzac 41 copies, 2 reviews88

Anthologie. La Pléiade, Refonte 1976/1981 (12 Vol)

Balzac. La Comédie humaine. Tome 1/12 (La Pléiade ∙ 19 76) by Honoré de Balzac 54 copies, 1 review1/12
Balzac : La Comédie humaine, tome 2 by Honoré de Balzac 43 copies2/12
Balzac : La Comédie Humaine, tome 3 by Honoré de Balzac 42 copies3/12
Balzac : La Comédie humaine, tome 4 by Honoré de Balzac 35 copies4/12
Balzac : La Comédie humaine, tome 5 by Honoré de Balzac 38 copies5/12
Balzac. La Comédie humaine. Tome 6/12 (La Pléiade, 19 77) by Honoré de Balzac 31 copies6/12
Balzac : La comédie humaine, tome 7 by Honoré de Balzac 30 copies7/12
Balzac : La Comédie humaine, tome 8 by Honoré de Balzac 25 copies8/12
Balzac : La comédie humaine, tome 9 by Honoré de Balzac 26 copies9/12
Balzac : La comédie humaine, tome 10 by Honoré de Balzac 33 copies10/12
La Comédie humaine, tome 11 by Honoré de Balzac 24 copies11/12
Balzac : La Comédie humaine, tome 12 by Honoré de Balzac 20 copies12/12

Anthologie. La Pléiade, 1935/1960 (11 Vol)

Balzac. La Comédie humaine... Texte etabli et preface par Marcel Bouteron. [Nouvelle édition.] by Honoré de Balzac 1 copy1/11
La Comédie humaine. Tome II (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade) by Honoré de Balzac 3 copies2/11
La Comédie humaine Tome III : Études de moeurs : Scènes de la vie privée, III Scènes de la vie de province, I by Honoré de Balzac 5 copies3/11
La Comédie humaine. Tome IV (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade) by Honoré de Balzac 3 copies4/11
La Comédie humaine. Tome V (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade) by Honoré de Balzac 1 copy5/11
Balzac. La Comédie humaine. Tome 6/11 (La Pléiade ∙ 19 36) by Honoré de Balzac 7 copies6/11
La Comédie humaine. Tome VII (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade) by Honoré de Balzac 4 copies7/11
La Comédie humaine. Tome VIII (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade) by Honoré de Balzac 5 copies8/11
La Comédie Humaine . tome 9 : Etudes Philosophiques, I by Honoré de Balzac 3 copies9/11
La Comédie Humaine, Volume 10: Etudes philosophiques, II; Etudes analytiques by Honoré de Balzac 1 copy10/11
Contes drolatiques: précédés de La Comédie humaine Volume 11: Oeuvres ébauchees, II, préfaces by Honoré de Balzac 5 copies11/11

Compilation France-Loisirs

La comédie humaine, tome I by Honoré de Balzac 6 copies1-4
La comédie Humaine II by Honoré de Balzac 3 copies5-6
La comédie Humaine III by Honoré de Balzac 4 copies7-13,15
La comédie humaine, tome IV by Honoré de Balzac 5 copies14,16-17,19ab
Béatrix III - Gobsek - La Femme de trente ans - Autre étude de femme : Un adultère rétrospectif by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies19c-21,27
La Comédie humaine VI (France Loisirs, 1985) by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies22-25
La comédie humaine, tome VII by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies18,26,28
La comédie humaine, tome VIII by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies29,31-32,34
La comédie humaine, tome IX by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies33,35
La comédie humaine, tome X by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies36-37,38a
La comédie humaine, tome XI by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies38bc
La comédie humaine, tome XII by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies52-54
La comédie humaine, tome XIII by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies39-40

Collections and Selections

Eugénie Grandet, tome 1 by Honoré de Balzac 7 copies
Die Menschliche Komödie IX : Sittenstudien : Szenen aus dem Pariser Leben, Szenen aus dem politischen Leben, Szenen aus dem Soldatenleben by Honoré de Balzac 1 copy
Die Menschliche Komödie V : Sittenstudien : Szenen aus dem Provinzleben by Honoré de Balzac 1 copy
Die Menschliche Komödie VI : Sittenstudien : Szenen aus dem Pariser Leben by Honoré de Balzac 1 copy
La Maison du chat-qui-pelote et autres Scènes de la vie privée by Honoré de Balzac 41 copies, 1 review1-2, 4, 8
The Deserted Woman, and La Grenadiere (Dodo Press) by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies16-17
Komedia ludzka - tom V: Gobseck; Kobieta trzydziestoletnia; Ojciec Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 2 copies20-22
Père Goriot / Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac 245 copies, 3 reviews22, 29
Pierrette / The Vicar of Tours by Honoré de Balzac 74 copies31-32
The Illustrious Gaudissart / The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac 31 copies, 2 reviews34-35
The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac 52 copies, 1 review36-37
L'Illustre Gaudissart - Gaudissart II - Facino Cane by Honoré de Balzac 0 copies34, 42, 47
Histoire des Treize : Ferragus - La Fille aux yeux d'or by Honoré de Balzac 49 copies52, 54
The Duchesse de Langeais / The golden-eyed girl by Honoré de Balzac 64 copies53-54
History of the Thirteen: Ferragus / The Duchesse of Langeais / The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac 371 copies, 5 reviews52-54
Cousin Betty / Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac 31 copies55-56
A Murky Business (Une Tenebreuse Affaire) by Honoré de Balzac 407 copies, 7 reviews57-58
The Chouans / A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 20 copies61-62
The Magic Skin, Christ in Flanders, Melmoth Reconciled by Honoré de Balzac 4 copies67-69
Melmoth réconcilié, suivi de "Jésus-Christ en Flandres" by Honoré de Balzac 5 copies68-69
Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, suivi de "Gambara" et de "Massimilla Doni" by Honoré de Balzac 50 copies, 1 review70-72
Le Colonel Chabert suivi de Trois Nouvelles (Folio Ser., No.593) (French Edition) by Honoré de Balzac 64 copies23, 75, 77-78
Philosophic Studies by Honoré de Balzac 9 copies23-25,42,57,68,70,75,77,79,83
The Physiology of Marriage: Petty Troubles of Married Life by Honoré de Balzac 12 copies88-89
The Human Comedy by Honoré de Balzac 88 copies, 3 reviewsOmnibus
La comédie humaine volume 8 by Honoré de Balzac 3 copiesRencontre, 8
La comédie humaine volume 10 by Honoré de Balzac 3 copiesRencontre, 10
La comédie humaine volume 17 by Honoré de Balzac 3 copiesRencontre, 17

Descriptions

Balzac's monumental series of novels, stories, and essays portraying life in France in the years after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815. (English, Unclassified)

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English: La Comédie Humaine — French: La comédie humaine — Swedish: Den mänskliga komedin

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