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Definition of Balzac, Honoré de in English:

Balzac, Honoré de

proper noun

  • (1799–1850), French novelist. He is chiefly remembered for his series of ninety-one interconnected novels and stories known collectively as La Comédie humaine, which includes Eugénie Grandet (1833) and Le Père Goriot (1835).

Pronunciation

Balzac, Honoré de

/ˈbalzak/