La Comédie humaine
"Facino Cane" is an 1836 short story by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the "Scènes de la vie parisienne" section of his novel sequence "La Comédie humaine". It first appeared in the "Chronique de Paris" on March 17, 1836 and in 1837 was classified by Balzac as a "Philosophical Study" ("Étude philosophique"). In 1843, it appeared with Balzac's novel "Albert Savarus". In 1844, it became part of Balzac’s "La Comédie humaine".