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La père Goriot

La père Goriot

ClassicsHistorical Fiction
Pages
268
Published
1996
Language
English

Synopsis

In 19th-century Paris, a struggling boardinghouse becomes the stage for a drama of ambition, love, and desperation. Father Goriot, a wealthy noodle-maker ruined by his devotion to his two ungrateful daughters, finds himself entangled in the lives of the other residents, each with their own schemes and secrets. This novel offers a stark look at Parisian society and the corrupting influence of wealth.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkReflectiveEmotionalThought-Provoking
Morally GreyBetrayalSacrifice

Genres

Classics Historical Fiction Literary Fiction History

About the author

H
Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac

Characters

Father GoriotProtagonist
Madame VauquerSupporting
All characters in La père Goriot