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Père Goriot Reprint Edition
Author(s): Honoré de Balzac (Author), A. J. Krailsheimer (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: May 5, 2009
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780199538751
- ISBN-13: 9780199538751
Book Description
This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin.
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About the Author
Translated by A. J. Krailsheimer, Emeritus Student and former Tutor in French at Christ Church, Oxford
