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1. Honore De Balzac

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   Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac; May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1859) was a prolific French novelist and playwright widely regarded as a foundational figure in European realism. His monumental work, La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), is an ambitious, sprawling cycle of nearly 100 interconnected novels and short stories intended to provide a comprehensive survey of French society during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy. Balzac’s narrative technique emphasized meticulous observation, detailed description, and the psychological complexity of his characters, often showing how…