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Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love, money, self-sacrifice, corruption, greed and ambition, "Old Man Goriot" is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece. A key novel in his "Comedie Humaine" series, it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Fiction in translation

• Full title: Old Man Goriot
• Author: Honoré De Balzac
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780140449723
• ISBN: 0140449728
• ID: 04024614
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 248 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 151 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. January 2011

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