Father Goriot - Honoré de Balzac

By Honoré de Balzac

Release Date: 2017-09-29

Genre: Classics

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Father Goriot Honoré de Balzac
'Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, come to Paris from the provinces to make his fortune, who befriends Goriot and becomes involved with the daughters. The story is set against the background of a whole society driven by social ambition and lust for money

Father Goriot - Honoré de Balzac

By Honoré de Balzac

Release Date: 2017-09-29

Genre: Classics

(0 ratings)
'Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, come to Paris from the provinces to make his fortune, who befriends Goriot and becomes involved with the daughters. The story is set against the background of a whole society driven by social ambition and lust for money

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