by Honoré de Balzac · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422543022
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Father Goriot is a novel by French writer Honoré de Balzac, published in 1835. The story takes place in Paris and explores themes such as ambition, family, and society. The protagonist, Goriot, is an old man who sacrifices himself for his daughters, who abandon him in search of wealth and social status. The novel is a critique of Parisian society of the time and the moral decay of the bourgeoisie.
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.
