At the Sign of the Cat and Racket: The Comedy of Human Life, Volume VII

by Honoré de Balzac

Book Overview

The Comedy of Human Life (La Comédie Humaine) is the collective title given to a series of linked stories by Balzac, totalling about 100 in all, and loosely divided into groups, such as provincial, Parisian, political, military, and country. Conceived in 1834, his idea was to produce a work with philosophical underpinnings which would survey all aspects of French society from the Revolution to his own time. Originally intended to comprise some 150...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184588051X
• ISBN13: 9781845880514
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.