Old Goriot by Honore De Balzac (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Old Goriot by Honore De Balzac 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 Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquers 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 his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriots fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone Author Biography Honoré de Balzac was born 20 May 1799, the second son of a civil servant. He was brought up away from his family home, first in the care of a wet-nurse and then at a strict grammar school at Vendôme. Balzac then studied at the Sorbonne, before entering training to become a lawyer, like his father. At the age of twenty, to the consternation of his family, he announced his intention to abandon law and become a writer. His early literary works met with little success, and Balzacs various business ventures as a printer and publisher also foundered. In 1829, he began to conceive a grand design for a series of novels comprehensively portraying French society in the eighteenth century. Balzacs Comédie humaine became his lifes work, comprising 91 separate works depicting private and public life in the town and country, in politics and the military. Masterpieces of the Comédie humaine include Eugénie Grandet, Père Goirot, The Wild Asss Skin and The Black Sheep. Many of his novels were critically acclaimed on publication, and went on to profoundly influence authors from Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert to Charles Dickens and Henry James. At the age of fifty-one, Balzac was finally able to marry the recently widowed Evelina Hanska, whom he had loved for eighteen years. But by this time he was in very poor health and Balzac died only five months after his wedding, on 18 August 1850. Details ISBN1857150376 Year 1991 ISBN-10 1857150376 ISBN-13 9781857150377 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1991-09-26 Imprint Everymans Library Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French DEWEY 843.7 Publisher Everyman Media Book Language English UK Release Date 1991-09-26 AU Release Date 1991-09-26 NZ Release Date 1991-09-26 Series Everymans Library CLASSICS Narrator Raj Ghatak Translator William Weaver Birth 1939 Affiliation Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva Position Illustrator Qualifications PsyD Author Honore De Balzac Audience General Pages 376 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:933631;

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