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>La Comédie humaine consists of 91 finished works (stories, novels, or analytical essays) and 46 unfinished works (some of which exist only as titles).
So, /lit/... how many have you read from the prolific author?

>> No.22807691

>>22807671
0

>> No.22807707

>He drank coffee to the point of a trembling hand - something like thirty cups a day - and then he'd masturbate to the very edge of orgasm, but not over, and that state — agitated, excited to the point of near madness — was Balzac's sweet spot, in terms of composing.

>> No.22807712

I just read the cursed child and the first page had a text saying the novel is dedicated to Madame de Rothschild. weird shit isn't it.

>> No.22807719

>>22807707
>you will never see balzac lumbering through the streets of paris, vibrating like a hummingbird, groaning from his enlarged prostate and dripping precum

>> No.22807849

>>22807671
91.

>> No.22807894

I tried reading Balzac but he was very difficult
Feels bad man
I'm reading Harry Potter now