Honore de Balzac | |
| Born |
1799
|
|---|---|
| Died |
1850 (aged 51)
|
| Language | French |
| Genre | French Literature, Realism |
| Nationality | French |
| Gender | Male |
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French novelist and playwright known for his monumental series of interconnected novels and stories, “La Comédie Humaine.” His works offer a detailed portrayal of French society during the early 19th century.
Short Stories written by Honore de Balzac
A Passion in the Desert 1820 - "The whole show is dreadful," she cried, coming out of the menagerie of M. Martin. She had just been looking… ... Read more
About The Monk Amador 1820 - About the Monk Amador, Who was a Glorious Abbot of Turpenay One day that it was drizzling with rain--a time… ... Read more
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 1830 - Half-way down the Rue Saint-Denis, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those… ... Read more
Bertha the Penitent 1820 - I. How Bertha Remained a Maiden in the Married State About the time of the first flight of the Dauphin,… ... Read more
Concerning A Poor Man Who Was Called Le Vieux Par-chemins 1820 - The old chronicler who furnished the hemp to weave the present story, is said to have lived at the time… ... Read more
Concerning A Provost Who Did Not Recognise Things 1820 - In the good town of Bourges, at the time when that lord the king disported himself there, who afterwards abandoned… ... Read more
Despair In Love 1483 - At the time when King Charles the Eighth took it into his head to decorate the castle of Amboise, they… ... Read more
How the Chateau d’Azay Came to be Built 1820 - Jehan, son of Simon Fourniez, called Simonnin, a citizen of Tours-- originally of the village of Moulinot, near to Beaune,… ... Read more
How The Pretty Maid Of Portillon Convinced Her Judge 1820 - The Maid of Portillon, who became as everyone knows, La Tascherette, was, before she became a dyer, a laundress at… ... Read more
In Which It Is Demonstrated That Fortune Is Always Feminine 1820 - During the time when knights courteously offered to each other both help and assistance in seeking their fortune, it happened… ... Read more
Innocence 1820 - By the double crest of my fowl, and by the rose lining of my sweetheart's slipper! By all the horns… ... Read more
Louis Lambert 1820 - DEDICATION "Etnunc et semper dilectoe dicatum." Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his… ... Read more
Melmoth Reconciled 1907 - To Monsieur le Gnral Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.… ... Read more
Odd Sayings Of Three Pilgrims 1820 - When the pope left his good town of Avignon to take up his residence in Rome, certain pilgrims were thrown… ... Read more
Perseverance In Love 1820 - During the first years of the thirteenth century after the coming of our Divine Saviour there happened in the City… ... Read more
The Afflictions of an English Cat 1921 - When the report of your first meeting arrived in London, O! French Animals, it caused the hearts of the friends… ... Read more
The Atheist’s Mass 1820 - Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself… ... Read more
The Brothers-in-Arms 1820 - At the commencement of the reign of King Henry, second of the name, who loved so well the fair Diana,… ... Read more
The Conscript 1907 - [The inner self] ... by a phenomenon of vision or of locomotion has been known at times to abolish Space… ... Read more
The Continence Of King Francis The First 1820 - Every one knows through what adventure King Francis, the first of that name, was taken like a silly bird and… ... Read more
The Danger Of Being Too Innocent 1820 - The Lord of Montcontour was a brave soldier of Tours, who in honour of the battle gained by the Duke… ... Read more
The Dear Night of Love 1820 - In that winter when commenced that first taking up of arms by those of the religion, which was called the… ... Read more
The Devil’s Heir 1820 - There once was a good old canon of Notre Dame de Paris, who lived in a fine house of his… ... Read more
The Elixir of Life 1820 - In a sumptuous palace of Ferrara, one winter evening, Don Juan Belvidéro was entertaining a prince of the house of… ... Read more
The Fair Imperia 1820 - The Archbishop of Bordeaux had added to his suite when going to the Council at Constance quite a good-looking little… ... Read more
The Fair Imperia Married 1820 - I. How Madame Imperia was Caught by the Very Net She was Accustomed to Spread for Her Love-Birds The lovely… ... Read more
The False Courtesan 1820 - That which certain people do not know, is a the truth concerning the decease of the Duke of Orleans, brother… ... Read more
The High Constable’s Wife 1820 - The high constable of Armagnac espoused from the desire of a great fortune, the Countess Bonne, who was already considerably… ... Read more
The King’s Sweetheart 1820 - There lived at this time at the forges of the Pont-aux-Change, a goldsmith whose daughter was talked about in Paris… ... Read more
The Maid Of Thilouse 1820 - The lord of Valennes, a pleasant place, of which the castle is not far from the town of Thilouse, had… ... Read more
The Merry Jests Of King Louis The Eleventh 1820 - King Louis The Eleventh was a merry fellow, loving a good joke, and-- the interests of his position as king,… ... Read more
The Merry Tattle Of The Nuns Of Poissy 1820 - The Abbey of Poissy has been rendered famous by old authors as a place of pleasure, where the misconduct of… ... Read more
The Message 1820 - I have always longed to tell a simple and true story, which should strike terror into two young lovers, and… ... Read more
The Recruit 1820 - At times they saw him, by a phenomenon of vision or locomotion, abolish space in its two forms of Time… ... Read more
The Red Inn 1820 - In I know not what year a Parisian banker, who had very extensive commercial relations with Germany, was entertaining at… ... Read more
The Reproach 1820 - The fair laundress of Portillon-les-Tours, of whom a droll saying has already been given in this book, was a girl… ... Read more
The Sermon Of The Merry Vicar Of Meudon 1820 - When, for the last time, came Master Francis Rabelais, to the court of King Henry the Second of the name,… ... Read more
The Three Clerks Of Saint Nicholas 1820 - The Inn of the Three Barbels was formerly at Tours, the best place in the town for sumptuous fare; and… ... Read more
The Venial Sin 1820 - How the Good Man Bruyn Took a Wife Messire Bruyn, he who completed the Castle of Roche-Corbon-les- Vouvray, on the… ... Read more
The Vicar Of Azay-le-rideau 1820 - In those days the priests no longer took any woman in legitimate marriage, but kept good mistresses as pretty as… ... Read more
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