Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie Humaine #23

Père Goriot

Honoré de Balzac with Mehmet Can (Translator)

370 pages 1835

275 editions

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Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, who came to Paris from the provinc...

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