Father Goriot: Honoré de Balzac

By Oussama Tahiri

GoriotReference edition:Paris, Alexandre Houssiaux, Publisher, 1855.Madame Vauquer, born of Conflans, is an old woman who, for forty years, holds in Paris a pension built bourgeois rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marceau. This pension, known as the Maison Vauquer, also admits men and women, young and old, without ever backbiting has attacked the m oe urs of this respectable institution. But also for thirty years do s' there was he ever seen a young person, and that there remains a young man, his family have to give him a meager pension. Nevertheless, in 1819, when this drama begins, it s' there was a poor girl. In some discredit that fell by the drama word improperly and torturer that has been lavished in these times of painful literature, it is necessary to use it here : not that this story is dramatic in the true sense of the word ; but the piece oe accomplished, maybe Will you shed a few tears intramural and extra. Will it be understood beyond Paris ? doubt is allowed.The peculiarities of this scene full of observations and local color can be appreciated that between the hills of Montmartre and the heights of Montrouge, in this illustrious plaster valley incessantly about to fall and black mud streams ; valley filled with real suffering, often false joys, and so terribly agitated that it takes whatever of exorbitant order to produce a sensation of some duration. However, it s' are meeting here and there pain that agglomeration of vices and virtues makes great and solemn : Their appearance, selfishness, interest, s 'stop and s' apitoient ; but the impression that they receive is like a tasty fruit promptly devoured. The chariot of civilization, like that of the idol Jaggernat, just delayed by a c oe ur less easy to crush the others and ENRA ith his wheel, the broke soon and continues his glorious march. So will you, you who hold this book in a white hand, which you push yourself in a chair lleux oe m telling you Maybe this he will m 'fun. After reading the secret misfortunes of Goriot, you will dine with appetite by putting your insensitivity to the account of the author, by taxing exaggeration, accusing him of poetry. ha ! know it : This drama is neither a fiction nor a novel. All is true, it is so true that everyone can recognize the elements at home, in his c oe ur maybe !

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793858829
• ISBN13: 9781793858825
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"