Project Gutenberg 2014-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 496 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.) Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 Novelists, French -- 19th century -- Biography PQ Text Category: Biographies Category: French Literature 397445 2025-08-19T03:51:05.136247 text/html 398432 2024-10-24T10:47:46 text/html 474962 2025-08-19T03:51:12.271204 application/epub+zip 477392 2025-08-19T03:51:06.614254 application/epub+zip 196742 2025-08-19T03:51:05.919237 application/epub+zip 619185 2025-08-19T03:51:16.010682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582214 2025-08-19T03:51:11.562183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276800 2022-09-21T10:01:54.116624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293576 2025-08-19T03:51:03.490241 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 273717 2024-10-24T10:47:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16543 2025-08-19T03:51:16.149642 application/rdf+xml 13437 2025-08-19T03:51:06.046189 image/jpeg 2001 2025-08-19T03:51:05.982205 image/jpeg 486675 2025-08-19T03:51:05.183197 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia