Honoré de Balzac (IPA: [ɔnɔʁe də balˈzak]) (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature.

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