The Collected Works of Honore de Balzac

THE HUMAN COMEDY PREFACE STUDIES OF MANNERS IN THE 19TH CENTURY Scenes from Private Life AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET THE BALL AT SCEAUX LETTERS OF TWO BRIDES THE PURSE THE PURSE MODESTE MIGNON A START IN LIFE ALBERT SAVARUS VENDETTA A SECOND HOME DOMESTIC PEACE MADAME FIRMIANI STUDY OF A WOMAN THE IMAGINARY MISTRESS A DAUGHTER OF EVE THE MESSAGE THE GRAND BRETECHE LA GRENADIERE THE DESERTED WOMAN HONORINE BEATRIX GOBSECK A WOMAN OF THIRTY FATHER GORIOT COLONEL CHABERT THE ATHEIST'S MASS THE COMMISSION IN LUNACY THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT ANOTHER STUDY OF WOMAN Scenes from Provincial Life URSULE MIROUET EUGENIE GRANDET The Celibates PIERRETTE THE VICAR OF TOURS THE TWO BROTHERS Parisians in the Country THE ILLUSTRIOUS GAUDISSART THE MUSE OF THE DEPARTMENT The Jealousies of a Country Town THE OLD MAID THE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES Lost Illusions TWO POETS A DISTINGUISHED PROVINCIAL AT PARIS EVE AND DAVID Scenes from Parisian Life The Thirteen FERRAGUS THE DUCHESSE DE LANGEAIS THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN EYES THE FIRM OF NUCINGEN Scenes from a Courtesan's Life ESTHER HAPPY: HOW A COURTESAN CAN LOVE WHAT LOVE COSTS AN OLD MAN THE END OF EVIL WAYS VAUTRIN'S LAST AVATAR SECRETS OF THE PRINCESSE DE CADIGNAN FACINO CANE SARRASINE PIERRE GRASSOU The Poor Relations COUSIN BETTY COUSIN PONS A MAN OF BUSINESS A PRINCE OF BOHEMIA GAUDISSART II BUREAUCRACY UNCONSCIOUS COMEDIANS THE LESSER BOURGEOISIE The Seamy Side of History MADAME DE LA CHANTERIE THE INITIATE Scenes from Political Life Scenes from Military Life Scenes from Country Life PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES ANALYTICAL STUDIES