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Old Man Goriot by Honore de Balzac (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDigireads.Com Publishing
ISBN-101420931903
ISBN-139781420931907
eBay Product ID (ePID)72524044
Product Key Features
Book TitleOld Man Goriot
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicClassics, General
GenreFiction
AuthorHonore De Balzac
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight8.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal843.73
SynopsisConsidered to be one of Balzac's most important works, "Old Goriot," or "P re Goriot," is the story of its title character Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eug ne de Rastignac. We are introduced to the characters at Maison Vauquer, a boarding house owned by the widow Madame Vauquer. Central to the theme of the book is the struggle to achieve upper-class status in society. Rastignac is eager to achieve this upper-class standing but is unfamiliar to the ways of Parisian society. Vautrin tries to convince Rastignac to pursue an unmarried woman named Victorine, a dubious suggestion which involves the disposal of her brother who blocks the woman's fortune. The failings to achieve this upper-class status are exemplified by Goriot who has bankrupted himself to support his two well-married daughters, yet they reject him. A classic and tragic story, "Old Goriot" is one of the most pivotal works in Balzac's sweeping novel sequence "La Com die Humaine," which endeavors to depict the effects of society on the entirety of the human condition., Considered to be one of Balzac's most important works, "Old Goriot", or "P re Goriot", is the story of its title character Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eug ne de Rastignac. We are introduced to the characters at Maison Vauquer, a boarding house owned by the widow Madame Vauquer. Central to the theme of the book is the struggle to achieve upper-class status in society. Rastignac is eager to achieve this upper-class standing but is unfamiliar to the ways of Parisian society. Vautrin tries to convince Rastignac to pursue an unmarried woman named Victorine, a dubious suggestion which involves the disposal of her brother who blocks the woman's fortune. The failings to achieve this upper-class status are exemplified by Goriot who has bankrupted himself to support his two well-married daughters, yet they reject him. A classic and tragic story, "Old Goriot" is one of the most pivotal works in Balzac's sweeping novel sequence "La Com die Humaine", which endeavors to depict the effects of society on the entirety of the human condition.
