This event is in the past.It took place on August 28, 2026 at Maison de Balzac.
Passy, Paris
📚If you've read Balzac, you'll really enjoy this visit
📖"after the visit you'll want to know more about the books"
🌳The garden café is free to enter if you want to linger
Step into the house where Balzac plotted "La Comédie humaine" and plotted 2,500 characters across society. This guided tour demystifies his ambition, his life between 1840 and 1847, and the writing that still defines French literature.
Literary history
French literature
Guided tour
Cultural heritage
Passy, Paris
📚If you've read Balzac, you'll really enjoy this visit
📖"after the visit you'll want to know more about the books"
🌳The garden café is free to enter if you want to linger
Step into the house where Balzac plotted "La Comédie humaine" and plotted 2,500 characters across society. This guided tour demystifies his ambition, his life between 1840 and 1847, and the writing that still defines French literature.
Literary history
French literature
Guided tour
Cultural heritage