by Honoré de Balzac · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035834119
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«Le Père Goriot» is Honoré de Balzac's realist novel, published by Larousse in paperback (333 pages, in French).
Set in Restoration Paris, the novel follows Eugène de Rastignac, an impoverished young aristocrat trying to make his way in high society, and Father Goriot, an old man ruined by his excessive love for his daughters. Balzac portrays the ambition, appearances and moral corruption of the era.
Complete text of the French edition; the work was originally published in 1835. It belongs to Larousse's «Petits Classiques» collection and to the «La Comédie humaine» series (number 23).
For literature students and readers who want to read a French classic in its original language; edition in line with French school curricula.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
