Relating to or characteristic of Honoré de Balzac or his literary style; depicting detailed, realistic social scenes with great psychological insight.
Derived from the name of French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), with the standard '-ian' suffix meaning 'of or relating to.' Created to describe works influenced by his distinctive style and methods.
Balzac invented the modern novel as we know it—he was obsessed with capturing every detail of how society actually worked, creating characters so realistic that readers swore they knew real people like them, proving that psychology matters as much as plot in great literature!
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