by Honoré de Balzac · ISBN 9782035855725
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Le Père Goriot is a novel by French writer Honoré de Balzac, published in 1835. Set in Paris, the story explores themes of ambition, family, and the pursuit of wealth in 19th-century French society. The plot follows three main characters: the elderly Goriot, a father who has lost everything for his daughters; Eugène de Rastignac, an ambitious young man seeking to rise in society; and Vautrin, a cunning criminal who offers Rastignac a cynical view of the world. Through their intertwined lives, Balzac offers a scathing critique of Parisian society and its values.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
