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A prolific writer, Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) is generally regarded, along with Gustave Flaubert, as a founding father of realism in European literature, and as one of France's greatest fiction writers.
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- PublisherDodo Pr
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1406505838
- ISBN 13 9781406505832
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages200
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