Old Man Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
Set in early 19th-century Paris, this novel follows a young provincial law student who lodges in a shabby boarding house and becomes drawn into the tangled lives of his fellow residents, especially an aged former vermicelli-maker who has ruined himself through blind devotion to his two ungrateful daughters; amid schemes, moral compromise, and the manipulations of a mysterious charismatic ex-convict, the story exposes the ruthless social climbing, corrosive greed, and human loneliness at the heart of Parisian society, culminating in a poignant portrait of sacrifice and decline.
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- Published
- 1835
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- Father Goriot
- Le Père Goriot
- Old Goriot
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