Identity:
Honoré de Balzac was a writer, and novelist.
Life:
JW was familiar with his great series of novels, La Comédie humaine.
Bibliography:
www.online-literature.com; www.bartleby.com (accessed 2004).
Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850
Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1799
Place of Birth: Tours
Date of Death: 1850
Place of Death: