Bibliograph

Old Man Goriot, Honoré de Balzac ; translation and notes by Olivia McCannon ; introduction by Graham Robb

Type

Label

Old Man Goriot, Honoré de Balzac ; translation and notes by Olivia McCannon ; introduction by Graham Robb

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Old Man Goriot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

656767042

Responsibility statement

Honoré de Balzac ; translation and notes by Olivia McCannon ; introduction by Graham Robb

Series statement

Penguin classics

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 he can get. When he finds a place to stay at a shabby boarding house, he sees the potential to make a fortune in two beautiful, aristocratic women who visit the lonely old lodger Goriot. Could they bring Eugene the status and acceptance he craves? Nothing is as it seems in Paris, however, and soon he is over his head in a world of greed and obsession

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