Old Man Goriot
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-18502011
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Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers. When he finds a place to stay at a shabby boarding house, he sees a potential plan to make a fortune: the two beautiful, aristocratic women who come at night to visit the lonely old lodger Goriot.
Main title:
Old Man Goriot / Honore de Balzac ; introduction by Graham Robb ; translated by Olivia McCannon.
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2011.
Collation:
320 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780140449723 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.7
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
297892