num_pages: 353
description: Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers and everyone is out for what they can get. He sees a plan to make a fortune. Two women mysteriously come at night to visit him, Could they bring him the status and acceptance he craves?(Penguin Red Classics)
language: English
title: Old Goriot
titlecomplete: Old Goriot
characters: Horace Bianchon, Frederic de Nucingen, Béatrix de Rochefide, Vautrin, Delphine de Nucingen, Henri de Marsay, Anastasie de Restaud, Vicomtesse de Beauseant, Père Goriot, Eugène de Rastignac
genres: Classics, France, Roman, Novels, School, Classic Literature, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 57198
places: Paris
series: La Comédie Humaine
publisher: Penguin Classics