The Works of Honore de Balzac

Originally published in the early 1920s as part of a series The Works of Honoré De Balzac is a superb collection which includes: . A Daughter of Eve . The Unconscious Mummers . A Prince of Bohemia . A Man of Business . Gaudissart II . The Firm of Nucingen. Each novella expertly prefaced by George Saintsbury displays Balzacs genius for short imaginative prose. Journalist and writer HONORÉ DE BALZAC (1799-1850) is considered one of the masters of realism in Western literature. A prodigious creator of novels and short stories Balzacs literary masterpieces include Le Pére Goriot Les Illusions Perdues Les Paysans La Femme de Trente Ans and Eugénie Grandet.