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Père GoriotOn the coverThe Third-Class Carriage, Honoré Daumier, 1862–1864
Père Goriot
In a shabby Paris boarding house, an old man beggars himself for his two ungrateful, fashionable daughters, while a young provincial law student learns how the city really works. A cornerstone of Balzac’s vast Human Comedy.
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A furious, teeming portrait of Paris as an engine of money and ambition, with a Lear-like tragedy at its heart. The perfect door into Balzac ’s enormous world.
SettingParis, 1819
Restoration Paris, a ruthless marketplace of salons and slums where birth counts for less than money, and a young man of talent must decide how much of his soul the climb is worth.