Honore de Balzac; born Honore Balzac 20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of…

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Discover the role of pain and suffering in the Christian understanding of providence. Drawing on centuries of theological reflection and personal experience, the author explores how we can find hope…

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Honor de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comdie Humaine, which presents a…