About the book: 2022 / Honoré de Balzac, a famous French writer, may only be unknown to a lazy and narrow-minded person who has never picked up a book in his life. This volume contains a selection of the author’s most widely read works from the world-famous cycle of novels and stories “The Human Comedy”, as well as his “Naughty Stories”. Happy reading, dear reader! Contents: HUMAN COMEDY: (Selected) 1. Honore de Balzac: Eve's Daughter (Translation: Isai Mandelstam)2. Honore de Balzac: Gobsek (Translation: Natalia Nemchinova)3. Honoré de Balzac: A Woman of Thirty (Translation: Anna Khudadova)4. Honore de Balzac: Pierrette (Translation: Raisa Gurovich)5. Honoré de Balzac: Museum of Antiquities (Translation: Vera Stanevich)6. Honoré de Balzac: Lost Illusions (Translation: Nina Yakovleva)7. Honoré de Balzac: The Banking House of Nucingen (Translation: Raisa Gurovich)8. Honore de Balzac: The splendor and poverty of courtesans (Translation: Nina Yakovleva)9. Honoré de Balzac: Cousin Bette (Translation: Nina Yakovleva)10. Honore de Balzac: Shagreen skin OUT OF THE CYCLE: 1. Honore de Balzac: Balzac Honore. Naughty stories (Translation: S. Vysheslavtseva, N. Sokolova)