Woman of Thirty

Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in France. His vast collection of works encompasses the Restoration period and the July Monarchy. La Comedie Humaine was written between 1799 and 1850. This collection contains 95 novels, stories, and essays. A Woman of Thirty is composed of six separate stories. Early Mistakes; II. Hidden Griefs; III. At Thirty Years; IV. The Finger of God; V. Two Meetings; and VI. The Old Age of a Guilty Mother. In 1842 Balsac changed the names of the characters in these stories so that the adventures would be attributed to the same person. Julie is the linking character in all six stories. A Woman of Thirty is located in the Scenes de la Vie Privee of the Comedie Humaine.