Bibliograph

Père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac ; translated with an introduction and notes by A.J. Krailsheimer

Type

Label

Père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac ; translated with an introduction and notes by A.J. Krailsheimer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Père Goriot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

316670564

Responsibility statement

Honoré de Balzac ; translated with an introduction and notes by A.J. Krailsheimer

Series statement

Oxford world's classics

Summary

From the Publisher: A masterful study of a father whose sacrifices for his daughters have become a compulsion, this novel marks Balzac's "real entree" into La Comedie Humaine, his series of almost one hundred novels and short stories meant to depict "the whole pell-mell of civilization."

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- Chronology of Honore de Balzac -- Pere Goriot -- 1: Family boarding house -- 2: Entry on the social scene -- 3: Death-dodger -- 4: Father's death -- Map of Paris at the restoration -- Explanatory notes

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