num_pages: 554
description: Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which introduces the satanic genius Vautrin, one of the greatest villains in world literature.
language: English
title: A Harlot High and Low
titlecomplete: A Harlot High and Low
characters: Eugène de Rastignac, Peyrade, Frederic de Nucingen, Vautrin, Comtesse de Sérizy, Esther von Gobseck, Lydie Peyrade, Diane de Maufrigneuse, Lucien Chardon de Rubempré, Clotilde de Grandlieu
genres: Historical Fiction, French Literature, Novels, Literature, Roman, Classics, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century, France
ratings_count: 3337
series: La Comédie Humaine, Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie parisienne
publisher: Penguin Classics