Maxime de Trailles, Henri de Marsay Courtesans: La Torpille (Esther van Gobseck), Madame du Val-Noble Financiers: Ferdinand du Tillet, Frédérick de Nucingen, Keller brothers Actresses: Florine (Sophie Grignault), Coralie Publishers/Journalists/Critics: Finot, Etienne Lousteau, Felicien Vernou Money lenders: Jean-Esther van Gobseck, Bidault a.k.a. Gigonnet Characters who appear in several titles but only significantly in one of them Birotteau Goriot Claude Vignon Mademoiselle des Touches (aka Camille Maupin) Characters in a single volume Raphaël de Valentin le baron Hulot Balthazar Claës Grandet le cousin Pons See also Repertory of The Comedie Humaine References and notes Balzac. La Comédie humaine. Pierre Citron, ed. Preface by Pierre-Georges Castex. Paris: Seuil, 1965. 7 vols. Rey, Pierre-Louis. La Comédie humaine. Collection: Profil d'une œuvre. Number 64. Paris: Hatier, 1979. External links The Human Comedy at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) La Comédie humaine at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Full text of Repertory of the Comedie Humaine (an extensive reference of characters appearing in La Comédie humaine'') Thorsten Wetzenstein: Les personnages dans la Comédie humaine sous tension entre "type" et "caractère" (french) Complete Comedie Humaine in English Scott Sprenger, Summary and Analysis of "Une Passion dans le désert", originally published in Masterplots II: Short Story, Pasadena, Salem Press, 1996, 3819-21. Book series introduced in 1829 Novel sequences Novels set in 19th-century France Fictional universes