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: 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: 57185
places: Paris
series: La Comédie Humaine
publisher: Signet Classics