num_pages: 304
description: This fine example of the French realist novel 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.
language: English
title: Père Goriot
titlecomplete: Père Goriot
characters: Henri de Marsay, Père Goriot, Frederic de Nucingen, Vautrin, Delphine de Nucingen, Vicomtesse de Beauseant, Horace Bianchon, Eugène de Rastignac, Anastasie de Restaud, Béatrix de Rochefide
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Novels, 19th Century, France, Roman, French Literature, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 57194
places: Paris
series: La Comédie Humaine
publisher: Oxford University Press