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Melmoth

short story by Balzac
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Summary

Melmoth is a literary work[1]. Melmoth is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Honoré de Balzac[3]
  • Illustrator: Édouard Toudouze[4]
  • Genre: fantasy[5]
  • Named after: Melmoth the Wanderer[6]
  • Part of the series: The Human Comedy[7]
  • Part of: Philosophical studies[8]
  • Language of work or name: French[9]
  • Country of origin: France[10]
  • Publication date: 1835[11]
  • Characters: Aquilina[12]
  • Work available at URL: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Melmoth_r%C3%A9concili%C3%A9[13]
  • Published in: The Human Comedy[14]
  • Title: Melmoth réconcilié[15]
  • Copyright status: public domain[16]
  • Form of creative work: novella[17], novel[18]

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → public domain, public domain
    Illustrator → Édouard Toudouze
    Imported from → —
    Part of the series → The Human Comedy
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