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Le Père Goriot (French pronunciation: [lə pɛʁ ɡɔʁjo], "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine.
Feb 22, 2010 · Father Goriot had unwound his coil of rope; he had covered the table with a blanket, and was now employed in rolling the flattened mass of silver into a bar, an operation which he performed with marvelous dexterity.
The novel depicts the fate of a poor father who sacrifices his daughters for their social advancement and the contrast between sincere and corrupt love in Parisian society. The main characters are Eugene de Rastignac, a young student who challenges the system, and Vautrin, a convict who pretends to be a nobleman.
Oct 6, 2004 · A classic French novel about a retired magistrate who lives in poverty and tries to help his two daughters. Read online or download for free in various formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and plain text.
- Honoré de Balzac
- 1835
A plot summary of the novel Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, a classic of French realism. The story follows Eugène de Rastignac, a young law student who becomes involved with the boarders of a Parisian boarding house, including the mysterious Père Goriot and his estranged daughters.
Le Père Goriot, novel by Honoré de Balzac, originally published in French in the Revue de Paris in 1834 and published in book form in 1835. The novel is considered one of the best works of Balzac’s panoramic series La Comédie humaine (“The Human Comedy”), and it was the first to feature characters.
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Père Goriot. Honoré de Balzac, Burton Raffel (Translator), Peter Brooks (Editor) 3.85. 60,217 ratings3,011 reviews. Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin.
