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Le Père Goriot

AuthorHonoré de Balzac
GenreNovel
First published1835
Original LanguageFrench
First published1835
LinksFrench · English
NotesLe Père Goriot (English: Old Goriot or Father Goriot) is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac, included in the <a href="/c/books/credit/366002/scenes-de-la-vie-privee/">Scènes de la vie privée</a> in <a href="/c/books/credit/364141/etudes-de-moeurs/">Études de mœurs</a> of <a href="/c/books/credit/364146/la-comedie-humaine/">La Comédie humaine</a>. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac.