(1799–1850), French novelist. He is chiefly remembered for his series of ninety-one interconnected novels and stories known collectively as La Comédie humaine, which includes Eugénie Grandet (1833) and Le Père Goriot (1835).
Definition of Balzac, Honoré de in US English:
Balzac, Honoré de
proper nounˈbôlˌzak
(1799–1850), French novelist; chiefly remembered for his series of ninety-one interconnected novels and stories known collectively as La Comédie humaine.