Author: Honore de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Author: Honoré de BalzacOld Man Goriot
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141968575
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love, money, self-sacrifice, corruption, greed and ambition, Old Man Goriot is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece. A key novel in his Comédie Humaine series, it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution.
The New Southern Gentleman
Author: Jim BoothPublisher: Watchmaker Publishing
ISBN: 9780972178600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"Daniel Randolph Deal is a Southern aristocrat, having the required bloodline, but little of the nobility. A man resistant to the folly of ethics, he prefers a selective, self-indulgent morality. He is a confessed hedonist, albeit responsibly so."--Back cover
Author: Honoré de BalzacOld Goriot
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781439513460
Category : Boardinghouses
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eugene Rastignac, a young law student living in a boarding house, meets fellow lodger, Goriot, a ruined merchant who receives occasional secret visits from his daughters
Pere Goriot
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486436982
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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.
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Thirteen
Author: Honore de BalzacPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776538374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This series of three novellas is unified by an overarching motif: in all three tales, a mysterious secret society known as The Thirteen is at work behind the scenes. The men in the group have pledged eternal loyalty to each other, and if any member ever finds himself in peril, it is the sworn duty of the others to come to his aid. Honore de Balzac uses this premise as a device to explore a wide range of topics, including clashes between different classes of society, doomed romances, and intrigue driven by greed.
Author: Honore de Balzac