The Human Comedy: Balzac’s Ambitious Chronicle of 19th Century France
Introduction Honoré de Balzac, a name synonymous with literary ambition and unflinching realism, embarked on a project of unprecedented scale: The Human Comedy. Picture a literary canvas so vast, it aimed to capture the entirety of French society in the wake of the Napoleonic era. This was Balzac’s audacious goal, a mission to dissect, analyze, … Read more
