Honoré de Balzac
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a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus
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In 1865 Karl Marx said it was by reading Balzac that he learned the most about capitalism and the power of money.
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6 years, 9 months ago
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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