La Comédie humaine portrays French society after the fall of Napoleon
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Honoré de Balzac was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright best known for his vast interconnected series of realist novels and stories depicting French society, collectively titled La Comédie humaine.
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| La Comédie humaine | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary cycle
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series of novels ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| aim | to depict all classes of French society ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| completion | unfinished at author’s death ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological novel
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realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Eugénie Grandet
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Illusions perdues ⓘ La Peau de chagrin ⓘ Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ Le Père Goriot ⓘ Le Père Goriot ⓘ
surface form:
Père Goriot
Scènes de la vie de province ⓘ
surface form:
Scènes de la vie de campagne
Scènes de la vie de province ⓘ Scènes de la vie militaire ⓘ Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ Scènes de la vie politique ⓘ Scènes de la vie de province ⓘ
surface form:
Scènes de la vie privée
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ⓘ |
| inception | 1830s ⓘ |
| includesForm |
novel
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novella ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Dickens
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Marcel Proust ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sir Walter Scott
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surface form:
Walter Scott
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| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French society
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post-Napoleonic era ⓘ
surface form:
post-Napoleonic France
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| notableFeature |
comprehensive portrayal of 19th-century French society
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detailed social observation ⓘ recurring characters across works ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | over 90 finished works ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| setting |
French provinces
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Paris ⓘ |
| structure | interconnected narratives ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriodPortrayed |
July Monarchy
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Restoration France ⓘ after the fall of Napoleon ⓘ |
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Honoré de Balzac
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La Comédie humaine portrays French society after the fall of Napoleon
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