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• Human Comedy, The
  Human Comedy, The

  noun

  a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
• The Human Comedy
  The Human Comedy

  A series of novels by Honoré de Balzac. A forerunner of naturalism, The Human Comedy (or, La Comédie humaine, published in the 1830s and 1940s) portrays the complexity of French society.

Human Comedy, The

American  

noun

1. French La Comédie Humaine.  a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.

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The Human Comedy Cultural  

1. A series of novels by Honoré de Balzac. A forerunner of naturalism, The Human Comedy (or, La Comédie humaine, published in the 1830s and 1940s) portrays the complexity of French society.

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The Human Comedy

Tom Hanks is in talks to make a cameo in the film, an adaptation of William Saroyan's 1943 coming-of-age novel "The Human Comedy," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2014

He picked up another Oscar nomination for "The Human Comedy" in 1943 and starred with Elizabeth Taylor in "National Velvet" in 1944.

From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2014

He was also in such dramas as "The Human Comedy," 1943, which gained Rooney his second Oscar nomination as best actor, and "National Velvet," 1944, with Elizabeth Taylor.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2014

Balzac wrote a massive series of almost 100 novels entitled The Human Comedy.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

When I read William Saroyan’s The Human Comedy, I was immediately pleased by the narrator’s warmth and the charm of his story.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez