IDENTITY
La Comédie humaine
Literature
Work Summary
Balzac's vast interconnected body of novels and stories portraying French society from the Revolution through the July Monarchy. Recurring characters and overlapping social worlds allow the project to examine class, money, ambition, family, work, politics and desire across many levels of society.
Evidence Summary
The collection functions here as bibliographic context for a character Van Gogh recalls.
No individual constituent work is securely identified by this event.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Honoré de Balzac
Work
La Comédie humaine
Years / Period
28 Apr 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Mentioned, Editorially Identified
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
28 Apr 1885 — Letter 496, note 9
Editorially Identified · Mentioned through character reference
Van Gogh refers to Mistigris; the editors identify the character as appearing in Balzac's Comédie humaine.
Response: The collection functions here as bibliographic context for a character Van Gogh recalls.
Connection: No individual constituent work is securely identified by this event.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
Avenir Light is a clean and stylish font favored by designers. It's easy on the eyes and a great go-to font for titles, paragraphs & more.