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What was Honoré de Balzac first successful novel?

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Balzac's first success, Les Chouans (1829, first published as Le Dernier Chouan ), was followed by La Peau de chagrin (1831). In the next 20 years he produced the vast collection of novels and short stories called "La Comédie humaine." This, his greatest work, is a reproduction of the French society of his time, picturing in precise detail more than 2,000 characters from every class and every profession.

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