Excerpt from The Drama of Honore De Balzac: A Dissertation However negative the results that may be obtained, the motives which tempted the great novelist to write plays and the fashion in which he conceived them, his knowledge of the theatre of his day and his actual contact with the stage are all questions which should interest the Balzac student. To treat these questions, emphasizing the fact that Balzac was haunted throughout his life by the desire for dramatic success, and that at no time was his mind entirely free of theatrical projects, is the purpose Of this study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.