BALZAC 1896 by François Auguste René Rodin 1840 –1917 ( known as Auguste Rodin ) was a French sculptor, Paris France French. ( Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality.) Honoré de Balzac 1799 – 1850 a French novelist and playwright. ( The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-NapoleonicFrench life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. )

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