译者前言
    “工作的法国科学院加冕”是一个重要的线，头衔的先生们Cerfberr和Christophe的巨著原版页面承担。的座右铭表示崇高敬意，其中法国当局认为这很必要补充伟大Balzacian结构。 ，甚至没有批准这个词，聪明的读者需要，而是在对人间喜剧/汇编的网页一目了然/说服他在曾经是它的效用。
    简言之，宗旨/汇编/是按照字母顺序给所有这Balzacian社会形成字符的名称，在其生活的要点在一起。这是当然，众所周知，巴尔扎克笔下的角色出现了一次又一次，他创造的世界独特的微型小说了。举一个点，Rastignac，谁靠近之际，作为主人公的案件/喜剧/让其他任何单个字符，他在第一次出现/父亲高老头/作为法律系的学生，然后出现和消失在断断续续地主要小说分，他终于作出了部长和法国等。如果没有援助/汇编/就很难对任何保存整个读者/喜剧/描绘出他的职业生涯。但这里是时间顺序排列，从而使我们的男子和他与这个社会的具体意见。
    在阅读时，任何单独的故事，顺便提到为字符了，读者会发现它有用和有趣的转/汇编/并找到什么样的人的方式那就是周密的。一个小系统的这种性质，迅速阅读的读者提供“确认Balzacian。”
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    TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
    "Work crowned by the French Academy" is a significant line borne by the title-page of the original edition of Messieurs Cerfberr and Christophe's monumental work. The motto indicates the high esteem in which the French authorities hold this very necessary adjunct to the great Balzacian structure. And even without this word of approval, the intelligent reader needs but a glance within the pages of the /Repertory of the Comedie Humaine/ to convince him at once of its utility.
    In brief, the purpose of the /Repertory/ is to give in alphabetical sequence the names of all the characters forming this Balzacian society, together with the salient points in their lives. It is, of course, well known that Balzac made his characters appear again and again, thus creating out of his distinct novels a miniature world. To cite a case in point, Rastignac, who comes as near being the hero of the /Comedie/ as any other single character, makes his first appearance in /Father Goriot/, as a student of law; then appearing and disappearing fitfully in a score of principal novels, he is finally made a minister and peer of France. Without the aid of the /Repertory/ it would be difficult for any save a reader of the entire /Comedie/ to trace out his career. But here it is arranged in temporal sequence, thus giving us a concrete view of the man and his relation to this society.
    In reading any separate story, when reference is made in passing to a character, the reader will find it helpful and interesting to turn to the /Repertory/ and find what manner of man it is that is under advisement. A little systematic reading of this nature will speedily render the reader a "confirmed Balzacian."