The following is a list of characters from
La Comédie humaine a collection of 95 loosely connected
novels
satirically detailing the life and times of French society in the period after the fall of
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)—namely the period of the
Restoration (1815–1830) and the
July Monarchy (1830–1848). French novelist and playwright
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), over the course of these novels, invents a plethora of unique and memorable characters.
An encyclopedia of all of the Comédie's characters was published as Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, written by Anatole Cerfberr and Jules François Christophe.
Characters who appear in several titles but only significantly in one of them.
Balzac created fictional coats of arms for many of the characters in the novels. They have later been illustrated and collected in the Armorial de la Comédie Humaine (1963).
The following is a list of characters from
La Comédie humaine a collection of 95 loosely connected
novels
satirically detailing the life and times of French society in the period after the fall of
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)—namely the period of the
Restoration (1815–1830) and the
July Monarchy (1830–1848). French novelist and playwright
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), over the course of these novels, invents a plethora of unique and memorable characters.
An encyclopedia of all of the Comédie's characters was published as Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, written by Anatole Cerfberr and Jules François Christophe.
Characters who appear in several titles but only significantly in one of them.
Balzac created fictional coats of arms for many of the characters in the novels. They have later been illustrated and collected in the Armorial de la Comédie Humaine (1963).