Balzac's Comédie Humaine (Human Comedy) in English

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For anyone interested in completing the Comédie Humaine by Balzac, here is a full list of the books, and what we already have in the catalogue. :mrgreen: Project Gutenberg has most of them, organized here: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/31565

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Studies of manners (Études de moeurs)

Scenes from private life (Scènes de la vie privée)

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket (La Maison du chat-qui-pelote, 1830)
The Ball at Sceaux (Le Bal de Sceaux, 1830)
Letters of Two Brides (Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées, 1842) https://librivox.org/letters-of-two-brides-by-honore-de-balzac/
The Purse (La Bourse, 1832)
Modeste Mignon (1844) https://librivox.org/modeste-mignon-by-honore-de-balzac/
A Start in Life (Un début dans la vie, 1845; first published as Le danger des mystifications, 1842)
Albert Savarus (1842)
The Vendetta (La Vendetta, 1830)
A Second Home (Une double famille, 1830)
Domestic Bliss (La Paix du ménage, 1830)
Madame Firmiani (1832)
Study of a Woman (Étude de femme, 1830)
The Imaginary Mistress (La fausse maîtresse, 1842, a.k.a. Paz)
A Daughter of Eve (Une fille d'Ève, 1838–39)
The Message (Le Message, 1832)
La Grande Bretèche (1832) https://librivox.org/la-grande-breteche-by-honore-de-balzac/
La Grenadière (1832)
The Deserted Woman (La Femme abandonnée, 1832)
Honorine (1843)
Béatrix (1839)
Gobseck (1830) https://librivox.org/gobseck-by-honore-de-balzac/
A Woman of Thirty (La Femme de trente ans, 1832)
Old Goriot (le Père Goriot, 1835) - In the catalog as Father Goriot, two versions: https://librivox.org/father-goriot-by-honore-balzac/ https://librivox.org/father-goriot-version-2-by-honore-de-balzac/
Colonel Chabert (1844, first published as La transaction, 1832) https://librivox.org/colonel-chabert-by-honore-de-balzac/
The Atheist's Mass (La Messe de l'athée, 1836)
L'Interdiction (1836, a.k.a. The Commission in Lunacy)
A Marriage Contract (Le Contrat de mariage, 1835)
Another Study of a Woman (Autre étude de femme, 1842) https://librivox.org/another-study-of-woman-by-honore-de-balzac/

Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province)

Ursule Mirouët (1841)
Eugénie Grandet (1834) https://librivox.org/eugenie-grandet-by-honore-de-balzac/

The Celibates (Les Célibataires)

Pierrette (1840)
The Vicar of Tours (Le Curé de Tours, first published as Les célibataires, 1832) https://librivox.org/vicar-of-tours-by-honore-de-balzac/
The Black Sheep (La Rabouilleuse, 1842, a.k.a. A Bachelor's Establishment, a.k.a. The Two Brothers)

Parisians in the Country (Les Parisiens en province)


The Illustrious Gaudissart (L'Illustre Gaudissart, 1833)
The Muse of the Department (La Muse du département, 1843)

The Jealousies of a Country Town (Les Rivalités)


The Old Maid (La Vieille Fille, 1836)
The Collection of Antiquities (Le Cabinet des Antiques, 1839)

Lost Illusions (Illusions perdues)

The Two Poets (Les Deux poètes, 1837)
https://librivox.org/lost-illusions-two-poets-by-honore-de-balzac/
A Distinguished Provincial in Paris (Un grand homme de province à Paris, 1839) https://librivox.org/lost-illusions-a-distinguished-provincial-at-paris-by-honore-de-balzac/
Eve and David (Ève et David, 1843) https://librivox.org/lost-illusions-eve-and-david-by-honore-de-balzac/

Scenes from Parisian life (Scènes de la vie parisienne)

César Birotteau (Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau, 1837)
The Firm of Nucingen (La Maison Nucingen, 1838) https://librivox.org/firm-of-nucingen-by-honore-de-balzac/
Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Splendeurs et Misères des courtisanes, 1847, a.k.a. A Harlot High and Low), comprising
Esther Happy (Esther heureuse, 1838)
What Love Costs an Old Man (À combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843)
The End of Evil Ways (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846)
The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation de Vautrin, 1847)
- The four parts in the catalog as Scenes from a Courtesan's Life https://librivox.org/scenes-from-a-courtesans-life-by-honore-de-balzac/
The Secrets of the Princess Cadignan (Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan, 1840, first published as Une Princesse parisienne, 1839)
Facino Cane (1836)
Sarrasine (1830) https://librivox.org/sarrasine-by-honore-de-balzac/
Pierre Grassou (1840)
A Man of Business (Un homme d'affaires, 1846; first published as les Roueries d’un créancier, 1845)
A Prince of Bohemia (Un prince de la Bohème, 1844; first published as les Fantaisies de Claudine, 1840)
Gaudissart II (1846; first published as un Gaudissart de la rue Richelieu; les Comédies qu'on peut voir gratis, 1844)
The Government Clerks (Les Employés, 1838; first published as la Femme supérieure, 1837, a.k.a. Bureaucracy)
The Unwitting Comedians (Les Comédiens sans le savoir, 1846)
The Lesser Bourgeoisie (Les Petits Bourgeois, 1854, a.k.a. The Middle Classes)
The Seamy Side of History (L'envers de l'histoire contemporaine, 1848, a.k.a. The Wrong Side of Paris, a.k.a. The Brotherhood of Consolation)

The Thirteen (Histoire des Treize)

Ferragus (1833)
The Duchess of Langeais (La Duchesse de Langeais, 1834)
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (La fille aux yeux d'or, 1835) https://librivox.org/girl-with-the-golden-eyes-the-by-honore-de-balzac/

Poor Relations (Les parents pauvres)

Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette, 1846)
https://librivox.org/cousin-betty-by-honore-de-balzac/
Cousin Pons (Le Cousin Pons, 1847) https://librivox.org/cousin-pons-by-honore-de-balzac/

Scenes from political life (Scènes de la vie politique)

An Episode Under the Terror (Un épisode sous la Terreur, 1830)
A Murky Business (Une ténébreuse affaire, 1841, a.k.a. A Historical Mystery, a.k.a. The Gondreville Mystery)
The Deputy for Arcis (the only part written by Balzac was published as l'Élection, 1847)
Z. Marcas (1840)

Scenes from military life (Scènes de la vie militaire)


The Chouans (Les Chouans, 1829) https://librivox.org/the-chouans-by-honore-de-balzac/
A Passion in the Desert (Une passion dans le désert, 1830)

Scenes from country life (Scènes de la vie de campagne)


The Country Doctor (Le Médecin de campagne, 1833)
The Lily of the Valley (Le Lys dans la vallée, 1836)
The Village Rector (Le Curé de Village, 1839)
The Peasants (Les Paysans, 1855; first part published in 1844, a.k.a. Sons of the Soil)

Philosophical studies (Études philosophiques)

The Wild Ass's Skin (La Peau de chagrin, 1831) - in the catalog as The Magic Skin https://librivox.org/the-magic-skin-by-honore-de-balzac/
Christ in Flanders (Jésus-Christ en Flandre, 1831)
Melmoth Reconciled (Melmoth réconcilié, 1835)
The Unknown Masterpiece (Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, 1831)
Gambara (1837)
Massimilla Doni (1839)
The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu, 1834, a.k.a. Alkahest)
The Hated Son (L'Enfant maudit, 1831)
Farewell (Adieu, 1830) https://librivox.org/farewell-by-honore-de-balzac/
The Maranas (Les Marana, 1834, a.k.a. Juana)
The Conscript (Le Réquisitionnaire, 1831)
El Verdugo (1830)
A Drama on the Seashore (Un drame au bord de la mer, 1834)
Maître Cornélius (1831)
The Red Inn (L'Auberge rouge, 1831) https://librivox.org/the-red-inn-by-honore-de-balzac/
[b Catherine de' Medici (Sur Catherine de Médicis, 1842)[/b] https://librivox.org/catherine-de-medici-by-honore-de-balzac/
The Elixir of Life (L'Élixir de longue vie, 1831)
The Exiles (Les Proscrits, 1831)
Louis Lambert (1832) https://librivox.org/louis-lambert-by-honore-de-balzac/
Séraphîta (1835)

Analytical studies (Études analytiques)

Physiology of Marriage (Physiologie du Mariage, 1829)
Little Miseries of Conjugal Life (Petites misères de la vie conjugale, 1846)
Leni
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