In a scene from a novel by this author, the title character judges the quality of flour in a piece of bread by smelling it, causing another character to ridicule his nose as a "corn-sampler.
In a scene from a novel by this author, the title character judges the quality of flour in a piece of bread by smelling it, causing another character to ridicule his nose as a "corn-sampler." This author wrote a novel largely set at a boarding house owned by Madame Vauquer, whose tenants include the trouble-making Vautrin and the law student Eugène de Rastignac. In that novel, he depicted a retired pasta maker put into poverty by his free-spending daughters Delphine and Anastasie. He wrote a massive, interconnected series of novels which include The Wild Ass's Skin, Eugenie Grandet, and Peré Goriot. For 10 points, name this French author of the The Human Comedy.
In a scene from a novel by this author, the title character judges the quality of flour in a piece of bread by smelling it, causing another character to ridicule his nose as a "corn-sampler.
Honoré de Balzac