Project Gutenberg 2014-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 96 Saltus, Edgar 1855 1921 Saltus, Edgar Evertson Balzac E-text prepared by Adam Buchbinder, Denis Pronovost, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Balzac" by Edgar Saltus is a biography written in the late 19th century. The book explores the life and genius of the renowned French novelist Honoré de Balzac, covering his formative years, literary struggles, and eventual rise to fame as a pivotal figure in literature with his expansive work, "La Comédie Humaine." Saltus delves into Balzac’s eccentricities, profound obsessions, and creative process, painting a vivid picture of the man behind the novels that shaped French literature. The opening of "Balzac" introduces us to Honoré de Balzac's early life and formative experiences that shaped his literary journey. Born in Tours in 1799, Balzac is depicted as a precocious child, engrossed in books and music, showing early signs of brilliance despite being viewed as a dullard in school. Saltus details Balzac's struggles with confinement in conventional education, his eventual resolve to pursue a life of literature despite familial expectations, and the hardships he faced, including financial difficulties and the challenges of gaining recognition in literary circles. The narrative sets up a foundation for understanding Balzac's profound influence on the literary world, highlighting early hints of his ambitious nature and relentless dedication to his craft. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 Novelists, French -- 19th century -- Biography PQ Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 397600 397371 2024-09-19T14:09:13.660847 2023-09-20T10:10:48.436539 text/html text/html 419166 2014-09-15T22:12:04 text/html 448152 2014-09-15T22:15:13 text/html application/zip 475202 2024-09-19T14:09:21.109826 application/epub+zip 477712 2024-09-19T14:09:15.050872 application/epub+zip 197025 2024-09-19T14:09:14.337843 application/epub+zip 619936 2024-09-19T14:09:25.277900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582982 2024-09-19T14:09:20.367825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276800 2022-09-21T10:01:54.116624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290979 2024-09-19T14:09:12.230869 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 293733 2020-06-15T20:36:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 109844 2020-06-15T20:36:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 290237 2014-09-15T22:05:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 109214 2014-09-15T22:05:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290250 2014-09-15T22:05:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 108833 2014-09-15T22:05:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21533 2024-09-19T14:09:25.415779 application/rdf+xml 13437 2024-09-19T14:09:14.463839 image/jpeg 2001 2024-09-19T14:09:14.399835 image/jpeg 486760 2024-09-19T14:09:13.699852 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia