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1. Honore De Balzac

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   The Psychology of Obsession
   Balzac’s characters are often defined by a single, overwhelming fixation, whether it is social status, avarice, or illicit passion. This tendency is especially pronounced in novels like Eugénie Grandet (1833), where the miserly Félix Grandet is so consumed by hoarding gold that his very physical structure seems to warp under the strain of his obsession. Critics suggest this is rooted in Balzac’s own theory that all human energy, when channeled too narrowly, solidifies into a pathological state, akin to how prolonged exposure to overly rigid grammar structure…