Pere Goriot Av Honore De Balzac

<p>« J¿ai trouvé une idée merveilleuse. Je serai un homme de génie », s¿exclame Balzac au moment où il écrit Le Pére Goriot. Il venait d¿imaginer La Comédie humaine, ce cycle romanesque dans lequel les mêmes personnages réapparaissent...

Honoré de Balzacs (1799-1850) bok Far Goriot er en av hjørnestenene i det storslagne verket La Comédie humaine hvor Balzac forsøker å beskrive hele sin tids samfunn. Romanen er lagt til slutten av 1800-tallet i et Frankrike som etter den moderne...

In this novel of obsessive passion the author tells stories of Old Goriot and the ungrateful daughters he adores; young Rastignac, a country lad determined to make his way in Paris; and Vautrin, his satanic tempter. Their lives all cross in the Maison...

Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer''s dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon...