Honore de balzac (1799-1850) e i .Well, Balzac was politically a legitimist; his great work is a constant elegy on the irreparable decay of good society, his MM Sympathies are with the class that is doomed to extinction (Friedrich Engels in 1888)------Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) "...Well, Balzac was politically a legitimist; his great work is a constant elegy on the irreparable decay of good society; his sympathies are with the class that is doomed to extinction ...." (Friedrich Engels in 1888)