Maison de Balzac
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The Maison de Balzac is a writer's house museum in Paris in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac. It is located in the 16th arrondissement at 47, Rue Raynouard. It is open daily ex
Maison de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
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Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
Maison de Balzac
…The Maison de Balzac (French pronunciation: ; lit. 'House of Balzac') is a writer's house museum in Paris in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is located in the 16th arrondissement at 47, Rue Raynouard. It is open daily except Mondays and holidays; admission to the house is…
Vendôme Oratory School – engraving by Armand Queyroy
Drawing of Balzac in the mid-1820s, attributed to Achille Devéria
Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès
The Maison de Balzac is one of three Parisian literary museums.