The Brotherhood of Consolation Honore de Balzac - French playwright and novelist Honore de Balzac is at his best when he is describing the chaotic tumult of big city life in nineteenth-century Europ.The Brotherhood of Consolation Honore de Balzac - French playwright and novelist Honore de Balzac is at his best when he is describing the chaotic tumult of big city life in nineteenth-century Europ