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Maison de Balzac

A literary museum of the City of Paris at 47 rue Raynouard, in the Passy neighbourhood (16th arrondissement). Balzac lived here between 1840 and 1847, on the upper floor, which he rented under the false name of "Monsieur de Breugnol" to escape his creditors. In those years he revised La Comédie humaine and wrote novels such as La Rabouilleuse, Une ténébreuse affaire and Cousin Bette. The museum preserves his study and personal belongings: his work table and chair, a walking stick with turquoises by Lecointe from 1834, an 1842 daguerreotype by Louis-Auguste Bisson and a drawing by Paul Gavarni. There are portraits of his parents, including a pastel of his mother from around 1798, and engravings by Daumier and Grandville. Since 1971 the ground floor has housed a library with manuscripts, first editions and books annotated and signed by the writer. The house has a garden.

Things to do at Maison de Balzac: 3 missions

• Stroll in the garden of the houseStep out into the museum garden and walk along the front of Balzac's house on rue Raynouard.
• Find Balzac's work table and chairIn the study, find the table and chair where he worked and take in what the space is like.
• Find Bisson's 1842 daguerreotypeLook among the display cases and walls for Louis-Auguste Bisson's photographic portrait from 1842, one of the earliest images of the writer.

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