{"product_id":"9781781394090","title":"The Human Comedy, La Comedie Humaine, Volume 2, Includes the Following Books (Complete and Unabridged): A Woman of Thirty, the Thirteen, the Girl with","description":"Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His great work was a series of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie Humaine, which gives a picture of swathes of French society in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Balzac had plenty of experiences to draw upon, he had been an apprentice in a law office, a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician and failed at all of these pursuits. The novels reveal his difficulties with all these careers. \u003cp\u003eMany of these books have been adapted for the screen and to this day they are a source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes twelve works in La Comédie Humaine, in their recommended reading order: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Woman Of Thirty, \u003cbr\u003eThe Thirteen, \u003cbr\u003eThe Girl With The Golden Eyes, \u003cbr\u003eThe Two Brothers, \u003cbr\u003eThe Elixir Of Life, \u003cbr\u003eCatherine De' Medici, \u003cbr\u003eEugenie Grandet, \u003cbr\u003eRise And Fall Of Cesar Birotteau, \u003cbr\u003eThe Hidden Masterpiece, \u003cbr\u003eSarrasine, \u003cbr\u003eThe Hated Son, \u003cbr\u003eFarewell\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benediction Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064940478704,"sku":"9781781394090","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781394090_p0.jpg?v=1763716243","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781394090","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}