Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

294 pages first pub 1835 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, who came to Paris from the provinc...

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