Père Goriot
By: Honoré de Balzac ; newly translated and with an afterword by Henry Reed
Series: A Signet Classic -- CP139; Signet classic
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Fiction; Fathers and daughters; Older men; History
Description: Set in the Paris of 1834, this novel tells the story of a 19th century counterpart to King Lear, a father blindly devoted to his daughters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

From the library of Gore Vidal.

Bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers; in prefab (23 cm).