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Delphi Complete Works of Honoré de Balzac (Illustrated)

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete Human Comedy of Honoré de Balzac in English, with beautiful illustrations, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (28MB Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Balzac's life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels and other works

* The COMPLETE 'La ComÈdie humaine' in English translation

* The whole series is precisely organised into Balzac's plan

* Includes Balzac's introduction AVANT-PROPOS

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Famous works such as FATHER GORIOT, COUSIN BETTY, THE MAGIC SKIN and many more are illustrated with their original artwork

* Balzac's five plays

* Criticism section, with seven essays by writers such as Henry James and Leslie Stephen, evaluating Balzac's contribution to literature

* Features five biographies - discover in depth Balzac's literary life!

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

* Special CHARACTERS resource, with information on all members of the cast 'La Comédie humaine', with references to the novels and stories they appear in

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CONTENTS:

THE HUMAN COMEDY

THE HISTORY OF 'LA COM…DIE HUMAINE'

AVANT-PROPOS (PREFACE)

THE COMPLETE HUMAN COMEDY - OVER 110 NOVELS AND STORIES (too many to list)

The Short Stories

DROLL STORIES

THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE

The Plays

INTRODUCTION TO BALZAC'S DRAMAS by J. Walker McSpadden

VAUTRIN

THE RESOURCES OF QUINOLA

PAMELA GIRAUD

THE STEPMOTHER

MERCADET

RESOURCES

The Criticism

HONOR… DE BALZAC by Henry James

A LETTER, 1883 by Robert Louis Stevenson

BALZAC by John Cowper Powys

BALZAC'S NOVELS by Leslie Stephen

BALZAC by William Ernest Henley

BALZAC AS A DRAMATIST by Epiphanius Wilson

THE NOVEL by D. H. Lawrence

The Biographies

HONOR… DE BALZAC by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet

HONOR… DE BALZAC, HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS by Mary F. Sandars

BALZAC AND MADAME HANSKA by Elbert Hubbard

BALZAC by Frederick Lawton

WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALZAC by Juanita Helm Floyd

Glossary of Characters in 'La ComÈdie humaine'

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