Note: There are other authors with the same name: Honoré de Balzac (Chasles), Honoré de Balzac (Rabou)

Author: Honoré de Balzac?Honore de Balzac Author Record # 1596 Legal Name: Balzac, Honoré de?Balzac, Honore de Birthplace: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France Birthdate: 20 May 1799 Deathdate: 18 August 1850 Language: French Webpages: Books and Writers, Encyclopedia of Fantasy, IMDB, Library of Congress, National Library of France, SFE, Wikipedia-EN, Wikipedia-FR Used These Alternate Names: H. de Balzac, Balzac, Honore Balzac, Оноре дьо Балзак?Onore dyo Balzak , Auguste Le Poitevin de l'Egreville Note: Generally considered the creator of realism in literature and one of the greatest fiction writers of all time. Schooled in Paris, Balzac worked for a lawyer at age 16, writing plays and novels at night. After the failure of his fiction, he attempted to start a business, which also failed. In 1829 he finally published his first novel, and spent the bulk of his life in Paris. As with many SF writers, Balzac had a plan to unify his novels into a unified series, referring to it as The Human Comedy, which eventually encompassed some 90 novels and novellas. Author Tags: fantasy (14), devil (3), Librivox (2), Internet Archive (2), horror (1), supernatural (1), fairies (1), dreams (1), alchemy (1)

• Melmoth
  • 2 Melmoth réconcilié (1835) [SF] also appeared as:
    • Translation: Melmoth Reconciled [English] (1897)
    • Translation: Melmoth [German] (1982)
  • Melmoth l'homme errant (1967) [O] with Charles Maturin only appeared as:
    • Variant: Melmoth l'homme errant (1967) [O] [as by
      Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
      and Charles Robert Maturin]
    • Translation: Melmoth [English] (2002) [O/1,2] [as by
      Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
      and Charles Robert Maturin]

• L'héritière de Birague (1822) [only as by Auguste Le Poitevin de l'Egreville]
• Le centenaire: ou, Les deux Béringheld (1822) only appeared as:
  • Variant: Le centenaire (1969)
  • Translation: The Centenarian: or, The Two Beringhelds [English] (1976)
  • Translation: El hechicero [Spanish] (2000)
• La dernière fée, ou La nouvelle lampe merveilleuse (1823) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Last Fay [English] (2016)
• La peau de chagrin (1831) also appeared as:
  • Translation: Luck and Leather: A Parisian Romance [English] (1843)
  • Translation: The Magic Skin [English] (1888)
  • Translation: The Wild Ass's Skin [English] (1895)
  • Translation: The Wild Ass' Skin [English] (1897) [as by H. de Balzac]
  • Translation:
    Die tödlichen Wünsche^?Die toedlichen Wuensche
    [German] (1921)
  • Translation: The Heartless Women [English] (1945)
  • Translation: The Fatal Skin [English] (1949)
  • Translation:
    Шагренова кожа^?Shagrenova kozha
    [Bulgarian] (1980) [as by
    Оноре дьо Балзак^?Onore dyo Balzak
    ]
  • Translation: The Magic Skin [English] (2005)
  • Translation: The Magic Skin [English] (2007)
  • Translation: Magic Skin [English] (2008)
  • Translation: The Wild Ass's Skin [English] (2012)
• La recherche de l'absolu (1834) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Philosopher's Stone [English] (1844)
  • Translation: Balthazar; or, Science and Love [English] (1859)
  • Translation: The Alchemist; or, The House of Claes [English] (1861)
  • Translation: The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës [English] (1887)
  • Translation: The Quest of the Absolute [English] (1895)
  • Translation: The Tragedy of a Genius [English] (1912)
• Séraphita (1834) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Seraphita [English] (1897)
  • Translation: Séraphita [English] (1915)
• The Magic Skin; The Quest of the Absolute, and Other Stories [English] (1901)

• Romans et contes philosophiques (1838) only appeared as:
  • Variant: Romans et contes philosophiques (deuxième partie) (1838) [as by H. de Balzac]
• The Magic Skin; The Hidden Masterpiece [English] (1896)
• The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu) and Other Stories [English] (1897) [only as by H. de Balzac]
• The Wild Ass' Skin (La Peau de Chagrin) and Other Stories [English] (1897) [only as by H. de Balzac]
• The Unknown Masterpiece [English] (1900)
• The Magic Skin; The Quest of the Absolute, and Other Stories [English] (1901)
• The Quest of the Absolute, and Other Stories [English] (1901)
• The Magic Skin; Christ in Flanders; Melmoth Reconciled [English] (1908)
• L'élixir de longue vie et autres contes fantastiques (1971)
• Histoire véritable de la bossue courageuse (1981)
• Die rote Herberge [German] (1982)

• Œuvres de H. de Balzac: Tome sixième^?Ouvres de H. de Balzac: Tome sixieme
  OEuvres de H. de Balzac: Tome sixieme
  (1838) [O] [only as by H. de Balzac]
• Seraphita / Louis Lambert / The Exiles [English] (1900) [O]
• The Wild Ass's Skin, The Quest of the Absolute [English] (1900) [O]
• The Quest of the Absolute, Séraphita [English] (1915) [O]

• Récits fantastiques (1992) with
  Théophile Gautier^?Theophile Gautier
  and
  Prosper Mérimée^?Prosper Merimee
  and Charles Nodier [only as by Balzac and Gautier and Mérimée and Nodier]

• Don Juan [English] (1890) also appeared as:
  • Variant: Elixir of Life (1901)
• Voyage de Paris à Java (1947) also appeared as:
  • Translation: My Journey from Paris to Java [English] (2010)
• Das rote Gasthaus [German] (1984)

• Le pacte: Vieille nouvelle (1822) also appeared as:
  • Translation: The Oath [English] (1945)
• La dernière fée (excerpt) (1823)
• La fée aux perles (1823)
• Étude de femme (1830) only appeared as:
  • Translation: A Study of Woman [English] (1897) [as by H. de Balzac]
• Un épisode sous la Terreur (1830) only appeared as:
  • Translation: An Episode of the Terror [English] (1898)
  • Translation: An Episode of the Terror [English] (1955)
  • Translation: An Episode of the Terror [English] (1973)
• Les deux rêves (1830)
• Adieu (1830) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Farewell [English] (1891)
• L'élixir de longue vie^?L'elixir de longue vie
  (1830) also appeared as:
  • Translation: Don Juan [English] (1890)
  • Translation: The Elixir of Life [English] (1897) [as by H. de Balzac]
  • Translation: The Elixir of Life [English] (1897)
  • Translation: The Elixir of Life [English] (1900)
  • Translation: Elixir of Life [English] (1901)
  • Translation:
    Elixirul de viață lungă^?Elixirul de viata lunga
    [Romanian] (1982)
  • Translation: Don Juan; or The Elixir of Long Life [English] (1992)
  • Translation: O elixir da longa vida [Portuguese] (2004)
• Zéro (1830)
• La tour de la Birette (1830)
• La comédie du diable (1830)
• La danse des pierres (1830)
• Les litanies romantiques (1830)
• Jésus-Christ en Flandre (1831)
• L'auberge rouge (1831) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Red House [English] (1897)
  • Translation: The Red Inn [English] (1926)
  • Translation: Die rote Herberge [German] (1982)
  • Translation: Das rote Gasthaus [German] (1984)
  • Translation: The Red Inn [English] (1995)
• L'église (1831) also appeared as:
  • Translation: Biserica [Romanian] (1982)
• Le chef-d'œuvre inconnu^?Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu
  (1831) also appeared as:
  • Translation: The Hidden Masterpiece [English] (1896)
  • Translation: The Unknown Masterpiece [English] (1897)
  • Variant:
    Le chef-d'œuvre inconnu^?Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu
    (1992) [as by Balzac]
• Le réquisitionnaire (1831) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Conscript [English] (1900)
  • Translation: El recluta [Spanish] (1958)
• Le dôme des Invalides: Hallucination (1832)
• Le grand d'Espagne (1832)
• Voyage de Paris à Java (1832) also appeared as:
  • Translation: My Journey from Paris to Java [English] (2010)
• Le conte de fées du fantassin Goguelat (1833)
• Les Marana (1833) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Maranas [English] (1901)
• Histoire véritable de la bossue courageuse (1833)
• Aventures administratives d'une idée heureuse (1834)
• Facino Cane (1836) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Madness of Facino Cane [English] (1893)
• Le succube (1837) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Succubus [English] (1968)
  • Translation: Der Succubus [German] (1978)
• Les martyrs ignorés (1837)
• La somnambule de la rue Saint-Honoré (1841)
• Jésus-Christ en Flandre (revised version) (1846) also appeared as:
  • Translation: A Miracle in Flanders [English] (1891)
  • Translation: Christ in Flanders [English] (1897)
• The Magic Skin [English] (1897)
• The Thing at Ghent [English] (1900)
• The Magic Skin [English] (1910)
• The Quest of the Absolute [English] (1910)
• A Legend of Napoleon (1945) only appeared as:
  • Translation: A Legend of Napoleon [English] (1945) [as by Honore Balzac]
• The Revolt of a Sheep [English] (1946)
• L'opium (1981)
• Le pacte (1981)
• Louis Lamberts Ende [German] (1982)

• Introduction (The Wild Ass' Skin (La Peau de Chagrin) and Other Stories) [English] (1897) [only as by H. de Balzac]
• Walter Scott vu par Balzac (1981)

• Sarrasine (1830)
• El Verdugo (1830) only appeared as:
  • Translation: El Verdugo [English] (1900)
  • Translation: The Executioner [English] (1946)
• Une passion dans le désert (1830) only appeared as:
  • Variant: Une passion dans le désert (1838) [as by H. de Balzac]
  • Translation: A Passion in the Desert [English] (1891)
  • Translation: A Passion in the Desert [English] (1898)
  • Translation: A Passion in the Desert [English] (1926)
  • Translation: A Passion in the Desert [English] (1939)
  • Translation: Uma paixão no deserto [Portuguese] (2011)
• La Grande Bretèche (1832) only appeared as:
  • Translation: La Grande Bretêche [English] (1900)
  • Translation: The Mysterious Mansion [English] (1906)
  • Translation: The Mysterious Mansion [English] (1934)
  • Translation: La Grande Bretêche [English] (1944)
  • Translation: La Grande Bretêche [English] (1967)
  • Translation: The Mysterious Mansion [English] (1981)
  • Translation: Casa de la Grande-Bretèche [Romanian] (1982)
  • Translation: A grande Bretèche [Portuguese] (2008)