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Also check out featured content from the other Wikimedia projects. | Featured content: ← | | | | Honoré de Balzac was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers. Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly due to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal drama, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; six months later, he died. (more...) Recently featured: Oklahoma – Halo: Combat Evolved – Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes | | | | | This is a list of New Jersey Devils head coaches. There have been 14 head coaches of the New Jersey Devils since the team moved to New Jersey for the 1982–83 NHL season. Tom McVie, Larry Robinson and Lou Lamoriello have each had two tenures as coach. Three different coaches have led the team to victory in the Stanley Cup Finals: Jacques Lemaire in 1995, Robinson in 2000, and Pat Burns in 2003. Coaches Key Note: This list does not include data from the Kansas City Scouts and the Colorado Rockies. Statistics correct through the 2008–09 season. | # | Name | Nat | Dates | Regular season | Playoffs | Assistants | | GC | W | L | T | OT | PTS | Win%[1] | GC | W | L | Name | Nat | Dates | | 1 | Bill MacMillan[1] |  | June 30, 1982–November 22, 1983 | 100 | 19 | 67 | 14 | — | 52 | .260 | — | Marshall Johnston | | June 30, 1982–November 22, 1983 | | 2 | Tom McVie | | November 22, 1983–May 31, 1984 | 60 | 15 | 38 | 7 | — | 37 | .308 | — | None | | 3 | Doug Carpenter | | May 31, 1984–January 26, 1988 | 290 | 100 | 166 | 24 | — | 224 | .386 | — | Lou Vairo |  | May 31, 1984–May 6, 1986 | | Ron Smith | | August 6, 1986–January 26, 1988 | | Bob Hoffmeyer | | September 17, 1986–May 25, 1989 | | Bob Bellemore (G) | | October 5, 1987–August 20, 1990 | | 4 | Jim Schoenfeld[2] | | January 26, 1988–November 6, 1989 | 124 | 50 | 59 | 15 | — | 115 | .464 | 20 | 11 | 9 | Bob Hoffmeyer | | September 17, 1986–May 25, 1989 | | Doug McKay | | February 4, 1988–May 25, 1989 | | John Cunniff | | May 31, 1989–November 6, 1989 | | Bob Bellemore (G) | | October 5, 1987–August 20, 1990 | | New featured content edit | | | Featured content procedures | | |
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