The Human Comedy

By Honore de Balzac

La Comedie Humaine (The Human Comedy) is a collection of about 100 linked stories and novels by the French realist writer Honore de Balzac. The stories are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories.

The Human Comedy has been translated into English in its entirety, and has now been placed on-line by volunteers at Project Gutenberg. The English translations referenced here were made by various writers, including Clara Bell, Ernest Dowson, Ellen Marriage, R. S. Scott, James Waring, and Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

For more information on the work, see the Introduction and Appendixes, provided by Project Gutenberg.

The Human Comedy consists of these tales, arranged as follows (titles given in both French and English; alternate English titles are set off by slashes):

SCENES DE LA VIE PRIVEE

SCENES FROM PRIVATE LIFE

SCENES DE LA VIE PROVINCE

SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE

SCENES DE LA VIE PARISIENNE

SCENES FROM PARISIAN LIFE

SCENES DE LA VIE POLITIQUE

SCENES FROM POLITICAL LIFE

SCENES DE LA VIE MILITAIRE

SCENES FROM MILITARY LIFE

SCENES DE LA VIE DE CAMPAGNE

SCENES FROM COUNTRY LIFE

ETUDES PHILOSOPHIQUES

PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES

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