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Father Goriot is one of French novelist Honore de Balzac's most important pieces of writing. Three lives intertwine in Paris: an old man, a criminal and a law student. The novel evokes an unstable period in France, when many were desperate to climb the social ladder into the upper classes, and it questions social institutions such as marriage. The city is an important presence in this work. Balzac was both praised and censured for his realistic portrayal of city life.… (més)
susanbooks: Both novels focus on community voices and tensions and revel in dissecting the pettiness of the serious drama and the seriousness of the petty drama.
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"All is true." Shakespeare
Dedicatòria
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To the great and illustrious Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as a tribute of admiration for his labors and his genius.
AU GRAND ET ILLUSTRE GEOFFREY SAINT-HILAIRE Comme un témoinage d'admiration de ses travaux et de son génie. De Balzac
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Madame Vauquer (nee De Conflans) is an elderly person who for the past forty years has kept a lodging house in the Rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, in the district that lies between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marcel.
Madame Vauquer, née de Conflans, est une vieille femme qui, depuis quarante ans, tient à Paris une pension bourgeoise établie rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, entre le quartier latin et le faubourg Saint-Marceau.
Madam Vauquer, formerly Mademoiselle de Conflans, is now an old woman.
Citacions
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And by way of throwing down the glove to society, Rastignac went to dine with Madame de Nucingen.
Father Goriot is one of French novelist Honore de Balzac's most important pieces of writing. Three lives intertwine in Paris: an old man, a criminal and a law student. The novel evokes an unstable period in France, when many were desperate to climb the social ladder into the upper classes, and it questions social institutions such as marriage. The city is an important presence in this work. Balzac was both praised and censured for his realistic portrayal of city life.
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Balzac: Père Goriot
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