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discuss france's greatest author
why is he ignored by /lit/?

>> No.18197824

>>18197819
Is that a Masonic greeting?

>> No.18197833

>>18197824
he doing the pledge of allegiance

>> No.18197851

>>18197819
>why is he ignored by /lit/?
Because he sounds like ballsack
Honore de Balzac = honor of the ballsack

>> No.18197860

>>18197824
It looks like he’s reaching for a towel.
I think he’s doing a sweaty/romantic look

>> No.18197861

>>18197851
the funny name is part of what got me to read him in the first place lol

>> No.18197867

>>18197819
IT'S-A ME, SERIAL KILLER MARIO

>> No.18197938

>>18197867
he was killed by his wife

>> No.18197939

He was friend of Rotschilds

>> No.18198465

How do I get the best out of the human comedy by reading not much more than a dozen or so books?

>> No.18198480

>>18198465
i'm pretty sure his bibliography page on wikipedia has his work divided by different sections of the comedy. so pick the more notable works from each section. fwiw i've just sort of read the ones i've happened to come across at bookstores and they've all been great. eugene grandet was the only i thought was meh

>> No.18198500

>>18197819
>france's greatest author
>name is ballsack
Is there anything about this country that isn't crudely sexual?

>> No.18198509

>>18197819
hitmeovertheawvino.
>ib4techtonic

>> No.18198747

>Balzac
>France's greatest author
Really?

>> No.18199146

>>18197939
Actually?

>> No.18199344

>>18198747
It's true.

>> No.18199787

>>18197861
buckley?

>> No.18199805

>>18197938
Really? That’s hot

>> No.18199953

>>18197819
When I was 22 I read the biography by Stefan Zweig after finding it in a university library book sale for 25c. One of the most pleasant lit experiences I’ve ever had. After 13 years I still think about some of the passages in that book from time to time. Many here would relate to Balzacs’s personality, his struggles, what he was trying to achieve, the complex relationship with his own family, and his tragic experiences with women. I’ve only read one of his novels (Seraphita) and am not particularly Interested in reading more, but I love the man himself.

>> No.18199996
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18199996

Because Maupassant exists

>> No.18200011

>>18199953
Read The Lost Illusions at least. Don't miss out.

>> No.18200550

>>18197819
because Zola exists.

>> No.18200736

>>18198500
eternal anglo being a prude again, nothing new under the sun

>> No.18200777

>>18199996
Based.

>> No.18200850

>>18200736
fuck off coomer

>> No.18201066

Reminder to read the History of the Thirteen

>> No.18201506

>>18197939
Good joke. Lost Illusions btfo'd them and their literary critics once and for all.

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18201522

>>18197851
You say this but men couldn't have balls if not for the ballsack