Balzac
Americannoun
noun
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Flaubert and Balzac, according to Mr. Delbourgo, were a new kind of buyer, the “Romantic collecting self,” possessed by status anxiety but lacking great wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
At an elevation, he looked like a haggard Rodin bust of Balzac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
The academy noted that Oe’s work has been strongly influenced by Western writers, including Dante, Poe, Rabelais, Balzac, Eliot and Sartre.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Honoré de Balzac of France depicted the seedy side of life in French cities, often focusing on stories of crime.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Where Anatole France’s work had been about ideas and wit, and Thomas Mann had been about precision and the ordering of character and plot, Honoré de Balzac, to me, was all about character.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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