A Gallery of Character Descriptions from Balzac:
Literary Portraiture Before the Advent of the Camera.

On money, cultural relativism, and life with the discount taken off
Why the astronomy professor hates stars
A useful cat's tail
On putting into practice the science of existence
On optical range
On fixed ways.
On the secret of married life
On weeds.

On poverty
On the joys of the lottery
On provincial backwaters
On living in New York or Texas.
On the remains of a pretty woman.
On A phrenological analysis (Description)
From A Daughter of Eve
Men (Descriptions)
Women I (Descriptions)
Women II (Descriptions)
Interiors 1
Interiors 2

[Note: Balzac's detailed descriptions might come in handy if you're designing a halloween costume or if you're posting an add in the personals or if you're just trying to describe someone in words.]

A Gallery of Character Descriptions from Balzac: Literary Portraiture Before the Advent of the Camera.

A Gallery of Character Descriptions from Balzac:
Literary Portraiture Before the Advent of the Camera.