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Who is Honoré de Balzac?

Regarded as one of the founders of realism, Honoré de Balzac was a noted French novelist, playwright and short story writer… most famous for his collective works of La Comedie humaine, a panoramic look at French life between the Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815 – 1848).

What is the Maison de Balzac?

The Maison de Balzac (English: Balzac's House) is a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850).

When did Countess Balzac die?

They arrived in the French capital on 20 May, his fifty-first birthday. Five months after his wedding, on Sunday, 18 August 1850, Balzac died of gangrene associated with congestive heart failure, in the presence of his mother — his wife, Eve de Balzac ( formerly Countess Ha?ska) had gone to bed.

Was Balzac a hermit or a vagrant?

Although Balzac was "by turns a hermit and a vagrant", he managed to stay in tune with the social spheres which nourished his writing. He was friends with Théophile Gautier and Pierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard du Grail de la Villette, and he was acquainted with Victor Hugo.