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This is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. It is set against the background of a whole society driven by social ambition and lust for money. The detailed descriptions of both affluence and squalor in the Paris of 1819 are an integral part of the drama played out by a wide range of characters, including the sinister but fascinating Vautrin. Unquestionably one of Balzac's finest novels, Pere Goriot still has the power to move the modern reader.
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Translated by A. J. Krailsheimer, Emeritus Student and former Tutor in French at Christ Church, Oxford
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MADAME VAUQUER, nee de Conflans, is an old woman who for the past forty years has run a family boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve,* between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marceau. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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MADAME VAUQUER, nee de Conflans, is an old woman who for the past forty years has run a family boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve,* between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marceau. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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