The Atheist's Mass

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a towering figure in the pantheon of French literature, known for his sharp social commentary and an exhaustive depiction of society which he encapsulated in La Comédie Humaine. Balzac's oeuvre presents a kaleidoscope of French life in the years following the Napoleonic era. With a keen eye for detail and a prescient understanding of human psychology, his narrative...