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mariocomputer 's review for:
Pere Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac
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.