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Human Comedy, The

noun

  1. French La Comédie Humaine, a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.


The Human Comedy

  1. A series of novels by Honoré de Balzac . A forerunner of naturalism , The Human Comedy (or, La Comédie humaine , published in the 1830s and 1940s) portrays the complexity of French society.

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