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Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799—1850), included in the Études philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set mostly in a school at Vendme, it examines the life and theories of a boy genius fascinated by the Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688—1772).
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Though a relatively short story, A Man of Business is an important component of Honore de Balzac's vast story cycle The Human Comedy, involving many of the recurring characters from the series and tying up a number of loose ends. As a fete thrown at the home of his mistress begins to wind down, Cardot invites the lingering merrymakers to settle around the table and begins telling a story about a clever debt-collection scheme. Honore de Balzac (20...
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