The Human Comedy, Vol. I
Balzac, Honoré de The idea of The Human Comedy . . . originated in a comparison between Humanity and Animality."
A painter's greatest masterpiece is inspired by a young girl of angelic beauty, but their resulting marriage only serves to reveal the deep divide between their true natures . . . A haughty young demoiselle, the last child to marry from an old noble family, is raised to be all too discerning in her choice of a future husband, with tragic conseque...