Pere Goriot and Eugenie Grandet

by Honoré de Balzac

Book Overview

'Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394309022
• ISBN13: 9780394309026
• Release Date: January 1950
• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

Astonishing

When I picked up "Pere Goriot" about a year ago, I had only vaguely heard of Balzac and had a sense of "cultural obligation" in reading one of his works. While it took me a while to get rolling on the novel, it soon proved impossible to put down -- a work of incredible depth and beauty, combining the vividness of Lawrence, the emotional power of Dickens, and the universality of Shakespeare. I'll admit I haven't read the other novel -- "Eugenie Grandet" -- in this collection, but "Pere Goriot" was a reading experience I will not soon forget. Don't miss it!