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This outstanding French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with that of a father whose obsessive love leads to personal and financial ruin. "The modern "King Lear."" -- Leslie Stephen.

Honore de Balzac's "Father Goriot" paints a vivid portrait of 19th-century Paris and offers a compelling social commentary on French society during the reign of Louis XVIII. This meticulously prepared edition of a classic work of Realism delves into the historical context...

Father Goriot (original French title: Le P re Goriot) is a masterful novel by Honor de Balzac, first published in 1835, and forms a pivotal part of his grand literary cycle La Com die Humaine. Set in post-Napoleonic Paris, the novel presents a haunting and deeply emotional portrait...
