Old Goriot by Balzac Honore De

Old Goriot by Balzac Honore De

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Summary

Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers and everyone is out for what they can get. He sees a plan to make a fortune. Two women mysteriously come at night to visit him, Could they bring him the status and acceptance he craves?

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Old Goriot by Balzac Honore De

Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers and everyone is out for what they can get. 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 mysteriously come at night to visit the lonely old lodger Goriot. Could they bring him the status and acceptance he craves? In the city nothing is as it seems though. Soon Eugene gets out of his depth in a world of greed and obsession that he could never have imagined. One that can only end in terrible tragedy.
Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) French journalist and writer, regarded as one of the creators of realism in literature. Balzac's huge production of novels and short stories are collected under the name La Comedie Humaine
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ISBN 13 9780141023397
ISBN 10 0141023392
Title Old Goriot
Author Honor De Balzac
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2006-01-26
Number of pages 368
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