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Genre Fiction
'The Commission in Lunacy'' is regarded as one of the masterpieces by Balzac. The writer narrates about the wife of a slightly unconventional nobleman. She wants her husband to be declared senile so as to have full control... See More
Classics
After Vautrin helps Lucien overcome a mental breakdown, the two men decide to align forces in pursuit of social status and wealth. Operating under an alias, Vautrin offers to help Lucien redeem himself and move back to... See More
History
"Unconscious Comedians" by Honoré de Balzac (translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary... See More
"The Thirteen" by Honoré de Balzac (translated by Ellen Marriage). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and... See More
Short Stories
Considered a founder of the realistic school of fiction, prolific French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) wrote in meticulous detail, depicting ordinary and undistinguished lives in tales that nevertheless abounded in... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
Revisados y actualizados, disponen de un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa. • Las Mil y Una Noches por Anónimo • El Principito por Antoine De... See More
Classics
Le Père Goriot is widely considered Balzac's most important novel. This is the story of the relationship between a doting father and his two adult daughters. Blinded by his love for his children, Père Goriot can not see... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
An enjoyable novella in which a mysterious sad-looking man helps a young needle woman and her mother when they are threatened with eviction. The inevitable follows. But this is not a simple story of love between a married... See More
Literary Fiction
Honoré de Balzac's 1830 Treatise on Elegant Living was a keystone text on dandyism, preceding Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly's Anatomy of Dandyism (1845) and Charles Baudelaire's "The Dandy" (in The Painter of Modern Life, 1863)... See More
Classics
The Abbé François Birotteau and the Abbé Hyacinthe Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie Gamard in that city. Birotteau is an... See More
Poetry & Drama
"Vautrin" by Honoré de Balzac. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet undiscovered... See More
Classics
One of the greatest French novelists, Balzac was also an accomplished writer of shorter fiction. This volume includes twelve of his finest short stories - many of which feature characters from his epic series of novels the... See More
Fantasy
The Alkahest: or the House of Claes has also been called La Recherche de l'absolu or The Quest of the Absolute. Historically; an alkahest is a universal solvent that has the power to dissolve any substance known to man; even... See More
Fantasy
'The Exiles' is a mystery-genre short story written by Honoré de Balzac. The story is set in the early 14th century in Paris, at a lodging house owned by a constable and his wife. They've recently become suspicious of two... See More
Bureaucracy' is a novel in the comedy-drama genre by Honore de Balzac. It revolves around a man named Rabourdin, and his plot to downsize the French government after realizing how much money went into maintaining the... See More
Classics
'Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me... ' Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris, and contemplates ending his... See More
History & Criticism
A kindhearted and idealistic youth enters the grasping Parisian society of the 1820s, starting at a shabby but respectable boardinghouse, the Pension Vauquer. Eugène de Rastignac has arrived in the glittering capital to... See More
Psychological
Two very intelligent, very idealistic young women leave the convent school where they became the fastest of friends to return to their families and embark on their new lives. For Renée de Maucombe, this means an arranged... See More
Short Stories
'What holds sway over this country without morals, beliefs, or feelings? Gold and pleasure.' Sexual attraction, artistic insight, and the often ironic relationship between them is the dominant theme in the three short works... See More
Fantasy
Eugenie Grandet; does Balzac seem to have taken a greater interest than in The Country Doctor; and the fact of this interest; together with the merit and intensity of the book in each case; is; let it be repeated; a valid... See More
Classics
French writer Honore de Balzac had many unique strengths, and chief among them is his ability to limn and illuminate subtle differences between social classes. In this pastoral novel, Balzac explores the virtues and follies... See More
History
The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy... See More
Historical Fiction
History & Criticism
Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence. See More
Poetry & Drama
"The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts" is a dramatic work by Honoré de Balzac. The story tells of Gertrude, a woman who must make a tough choice between love and money. This topic is typical of the works of Balzac. As... See More
Classics
The following book is a collection of letter-based correspondence between Ewelina Rzewuska and Honoré de Balzac before their marriage. She married landowner Wac?aw Ha?ski when she was a teenager. Ha?ski, who was about 20... See More
Father Goriot is a novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the interwoven lives of three characters: the senior and loving Goriot, a shadowy criminal-in-hiding called... See More
"The Girl with the Golden Eyes" is a novella by the prominent French writer Honore de Balsac. It is a part of his cycle "History of the Thirteen," in which Balsac unearths the sins of the 19th -century France: murder, lust... See More