Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

274 pages first pub 1835 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin. About the Series: F...

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