For ten points, name this novel cycle written by Honore Balzac.
This work's philosophic section includes Melmoth Reconciled, The Executioner, and A Drama on the Seashore. One character in it is Paquita Valdes, a girl with golden eyes seduced by Henri de Marsay, while a man in this work does not earn the favor of Fauborg Saint-Germain, Lucien Chardon. Hermeneutic and proairetic are two of the five codes that Roland Barthes used to analyze the character of Sarrasine in this work, which also includes Lost Illusions. In another section, a daughter receives two dresses and a piece of gold from her parents every birthday, while Delphine but not Anastasie de Restaud is chosen by Eugene Rastignac in another part of this work whose characters include Eugenie Grandet and Pere Goriot. For ten points, name this novel cycle written by Honore Balzac.
This work's philosophic section includes Melmoth Reconciled, The Executioner, and A Drama on the Seashore.
The {Human Comedy} or La {Comedie Humaine}