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Père Goriot / Honoré de Balzac ; translated with an introduction and notes by A.J. Krailsheimer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Père Goriot. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- France--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- France.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 274 pages : map ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This outstanding French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with that of a father whose obsessive love leads to personal and financial ruin. "The modern "King Lear."" -- Leslie Stephen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [xxi]).
- ISBN:
- 0192835696
- OCLC:
- 42216554
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