Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist and literary critic. Artist: Unknown

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Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist and literary critic. Balzac qualified as a lawyer, but abandoned the legal profession for literature. He was a prolific author of novels and, in particular, short stories, some of which are regarded as being amongst the greatest in the French language.

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