Old Man Goriot

Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love, money, self-sacrifice, corruption, greed and ambition, "Old Man Goriot" is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece. A key novel in his "Comedie Humaine" series, it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution.

ISBN 0140449728   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780140449723 (What's this?)   Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Weight (grammes) 252 Imprint Penguin Classics   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 06 Jan 2011   Width (mm) 129 Translator Olivia McCannon   Spine width (mm) 19 Writer of introduction Graham Robb   Academic level General DEWEY 843.7

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