Father Goriot
(2018)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Otbebookpublishing, 2018
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9783962726041 (electronic bk.) MWT12244406, 3962726047 (electronic bk.) 12244406
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The novel takes place during the Bourbon Restoration, which brought profound changes to French society; the struggle by individuals to secure a higher social status is a major theme in the book. The city of Paris also impresses itself on the characters - especially young Rastignac, who grew up in the provinces of southern France. Balzac analyses, through Goriot and others, the nature of family and marriage, providing a pessimistic view of these institutions
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