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Old Goriot (Classics) Book

Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris. 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?Read More

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Blackwell
Balzac's great theme was money, and he explored its uses and abuses with all the particularity of the masterful poet he was. Old Goriot, betrayed by rapacious daughters, and Rastignac, an ambitious provincial youth alive to his opportunities...
Penguin
'His blue eyes, formerly so lively, seemed to have turned a sad leaden grey... People either pitied him or were shocked by him' Monsieur Goriot is one of a select group of lodgers at Madame Vauquer's Parisian boarding house.
Pickabook
Honore de Balzac, M.A. Crawford (Trans)

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Old Goriot (Classics) Book

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