num_pages: 128
description: This up-to-date account of the novel's composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing nineteenth-century expectations of what novels should be like.
language: English
title: Balzac: Old Goriot
titlecomplete: Balzac: Old Goriot (Landmarks of World Literature)
genres: Classics, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 520
places: Paris
series: Landmarks of World Literature
publisher: Cambridge University Press