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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1849) developed a vast and innovative literary work. He did it with the idea of ??capturing an entire society, without being intimidated by its complicated ins and outs. His firm realistic will, capable of encompassing both the thrust of a flourishing science and the delicate details of the history of his time, as well as his overwhelming creative capacity, have earned him the consideration of father of French realism and an unquestionably prominent place in the universal literature. Within "The Human Comedy", a narrative series that has gone down in history as the "cathedral" of realism in literature, highlights, for quality and importance, "A dark matter". Grouped together with other narratives among the "scenes of political life", it belongs to a stage of solid maturity for Balzac and skillfully dissects a story of political background and police excesses, which is why it has often been considered the first novel of the genre. black in France.