La Maison de Balzac is a literary museum in Paris. It is located in the 16th arrondissement, near the Bois de Bologne Park, in the Passy district. It is a museum dedicated to the French novelist Honoré de Balzac and is located in the Parisian house where Balzac lived for seven years, from 1840 to 1847. The writer's move to this Parisian apartment was rather secret, as Balzac was persecuted by creditors and forced to live under the pseudonym of “M. de Breugnol ". Inside this house some of the writer's most important works were conceived, such as "La Comedie humaine", "La Rabouilleuse", "Une Ténébreuse Affaire" and "La Cousine Bette". Purchased by the city of Paris in 1949, the house was transformed into a museum and equipped with a library where Balzac's manuscripts, books, letters and other materials are kept. The apartment is on the top floor and consists of five rooms. The palace garden can also be visited free of charge, a true corner of peace with a view of the Eiffel Tower.