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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Sufletele frumoase nu rezistă în lumea asta. Cum să se împace marile sentimente cu o societate măruntă și superficială?"
Goriot îmi amintește într-un fel de Jay Gatsby, o comparație la care nu m-aș fi așteptat. Sunt două personaje minunate. ♡
Goriot îmi amintește într-un fel de Jay Gatsby, o comparație la care nu m-aș fi așteptat. Sunt două personaje minunate. ♡
Quatrième de couverture assez étrange vu que Lucien de Rubempré ne figure pas dans cet épisode de la Comédie Humaine et que Marsay est à peine évoqué. Sinon grand moment de la littérature. La société décrite avec tant de finesse par Balzac est très actuelle malgré le langage un peu désuet. L’hypocrisie, le mensonge, l’intéressement dans ce milieu bourgeois et aisé parisien serait facilement transposable à notre époque. Il est agréable de relire un français impeccable et soigné, même du XIXème siècle. Le personnage du Père Goriot est énervant autant qu’il est touchant dans sa paternité bafouée. Que dire d’autre sur Balzac, si ce n’est qu’il fait parti des incontournables de la littérature ?
Found this translation to be excellent; the writing and observations were incisive and profound.
I really like reading about this period in French history - before, during, and after the Revolution. So much interesting thought has come out of it, and it was such a radical upheaval. I was hoping this book would be more of an indictment of class society (i.e. the return of the aristocracy and the evils they bring), but it's more interested in exposing how the world totally revolves around money, at the expense (no pun intended) of everything else. Nothing is sacred. So instead presenting a class/society problem, Balzac presents a moral problem, which is a much more conservative worldview.
Still, a really good book. The first Balzac I've ever read. His descriptions are really fantastic, and he has a lot of deep, often dark, insight (and sometimes humour, too) into human behaviour.
Still, a really good book. The first Balzac I've ever read. His descriptions are really fantastic, and he has a lot of deep, often dark, insight (and sometimes humour, too) into human behaviour.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very solid book, with interesting and dynamic descriptions of Parisian life at that time. Like King Lear but if the daughters had to keep begging for money lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent
Minor: Confinement
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes