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Literature & Fiction

Pere Goriot (Signet Classics)

Pere Goriot (Signet Classics)

â€œPÃ¨re Goriot can rightly be regarded as one of the greatest of Balzacâ€™s novels,â€ writes Henry Reed of this masterful study of a father who sacrifices everything for his daughters. This novel marked the true beginning of Balzacâ€™s towering project La ComÃ©die Humaine, his series of novels and short stories depicting â€œthe whole pell-mell of civilization.â€ In PÃ¨re Goriot, the great novelist probes the â€œbourgeois tragedyâ€ of money and power from two different directions. While Goriot is willingly reduced to poverty to support his ambitious daughters, an impoverished young man of integrity becomes money hungry. Attracted to one of Goriotâ€™s daughters, Rastignac succumbs to the fever of social climbing. The resulting tale is a commentary on wealth and human desire that still rings true in the twenty-first century.
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Translated and with an Afterword by Henry Reed
and with an Introduction by Peter Brooks
Country USA
Brand Signet
Manufacturer Signet
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780451529596
Color White
ReleaseDate 2004-12-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451529596

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