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"Père Goriot" is an 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that follows an aging father who sacrifices everything for his two daughters, only to be abandoned by them as he descends into poverty and despair. The novel is considered a masterpiece of realist literature that reveals the moral corruption and social ambition lurking beneath the surface of Parisian society.
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- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- First published
- 1800
- Editions
- 439
- Subjects
- Fiction, France in fiction, Older men in fiction, Older men, Fathers and daughters, Fathers and daughters in fiction, History, Social life and customs
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- publication date
- 1835-03-00
- title
- Vater Goriot
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- Le Père Goriot
- inception
- 1835-00-00
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Title page engraving from an 1897 edition of Le Père Goriot, by an unknown artist; published by George Barrie & Son in Philadelphia
Le Père Goriot ( French pronunciation: [lə pɛʁ ɡɔʁjo], "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Goriot, a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac.