Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was born in Tours on 20 May 1799. Put out to a wet nurse, then a boarder at the Vendôme college from 1807 to 1813, he studied law in Paris and worked for a notary, before giving up that career to write. He then became a publisher, then a printer, and these ventures left him heavily in debt. He wrote at night, sustained by coffee, and covered his proofs with corrections. He married Mme Hanska on 14 March 1850 in Berdychiv, in Ukraine, and died in Paris on 18 August 1850.

In the catalogue 3

• NovelThe Wild Ass's SkinLa Peau de chagrinHonoré de Balzac · 1831Literature
• NovelColonel ChabertLe Colonel ChabertHonoré de Balzac · 1832Literature
• NovelOld Man GoriotLe Père GoriotHonoré de Balzac · 1835LiteraturePublic domain