Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Father Goriot

La Comédie Humaine #23

Honoré de Balzac with Ellen Marriage (Translator)

336 pages first pub 1835 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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The novel takes place during the Bourbon Restoration, which brought profound changes to French society; the struggle by individuals to secure a higher social status is a major theme in the book. The city of Paris also impresses itself on the chara...

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