Père Goriot
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-18501991
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Set against the background of a society driven by greed and ambition, this is the tragic story of a father financially and personally ruined by his obsessive love for his two daughters. Balzac presents a portrait of both affluence and squalor in post-Napoleonic Paris.
Main title:
Père Goriot / Honorè de Balzac ; translated with an introduction and notes by A.J. Krailsheimer.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Collation:
xxiv,274p. ; 19cm.
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Notes:
Bibliography: pxxi.
ISBN:
9780192828583 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.7
Local class:
843.73Ba
Language:
EnglishFrench
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Index terms:
French fiction
BRN:
294283