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The Human Comedy
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1822–1848 series of novels, essays and stories by Honoré de Balzac
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary cycle
- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- Genre
- literary realism
- Country of origin
- France
- Narrative location
- France
- Image
- La Comédie humaine 06.jpg
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- copyright status
- public domain
- topic's main category
- Category:La Comédie humaine
- different from
- The Human Comedy
- publication date
- 1830-00-00
- title
- La Comédie humaine
- language of work or name
- French
- Commons category
- La Comédie humaine
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Encyclopedic overview
1901 edition of The Works of Honoré de Balzac, including the entire Comédie humaine
La Comédie humaine ( French: [la kɔmedi ymɛn]; English: The Human Comedy) is Honoré de Balzac's 1829–48 multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–30) and the July Monarchy (1830–48).
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