num_pages: 284
description: 1887. Balzac is considered to be the greatest name in the post-Revolutionary literature of France. His writings display a profound knowledge of the human heart, with an extraordinary range of knowledge. A classic example of the French realist novel, which contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
language: English
title: Pere Goriot
titlecomplete: Pere Goriot
characters: Horace Bianchon, Anastasie de Restaud, Delphine de Nucingen, Frederic de Nucingen, Vautrin, Eugène de Rastignac, Vicomtesse de Beauseant, Père Goriot, Henri de Marsay, Béatrix de Rochefide
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Roman, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century
ratings_count: 57196
places: Paris
series: La Comédie Humaine
publisher: Signet Classics