Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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Translation of Pere Goriot Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Goriot Release date is 2004-10-06

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"Father Goriot" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1835. Set in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration, it follows three intertwined lives: an elderly father devoted to his daughters, a mysterious criminal in hiding, and a naive law student from the provinces. As the young student enters Parisian society, he confronts the harsh realities of ambition, corruption, and social climbing in a world where family bonds crumble under the weight of greed and status-seeking. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



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