# Balzac — The Inferno character guide

> Balzac in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0015-xii-pilgrimage-and-penance

## Who they are

Novelist mentioned in passing during the narrator's literary reflections.

## In the story

### [XIII: The Deliverer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xiii-the-deliverer)

Mentioned as the one who introduced Strindberg to Swedenborg through the book Séraphita.

### [XIV: Tribulations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xiv-tribulations)

Quoted from 'Séraphita' regarding repentance as the only power to end sin.

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