For the first time in Russian: Nadar about Balzak
The proposed essay was taken from the book by Nadar (the real name and surname Gaspar-Felix Tournashon; 1820-1910), a photographer, caricaturist, writer and air melshot, “when I was a photographer”, published in 1900 (first published on April 25, 1891 in the first issue of Paris-PhotoGraphe magazine ). Judging by the essay, you might think that Nadar was one of the close friends or at least good familiar Balzac. The documents, however, indicate that this is not so.