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How long did it take HonorŽ de Balzac to write La Comedie Humaine?

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In the next 20 years he produced the vast collection of novels and short stories called "La ComŽdie 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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