Old Man Tall
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In 1819, several tenants lived in the Vauquer apartment in Paris, including Goriot, a retired flour merchant known as "Old Goriot", Rastignac, a poor but ambitious student, and Vautrin, who was easy-going on the outside but cold on the inside. Old Man Goriot, who spends every penny in his own life, dotes on his two daughters who have married into the upper class, and uses the wealth he has accumulated throughout his life to satisfy his daughters' extravagance; Rastignac, a poor young man from the mainland, witnesses the extravagance of Paris aristocrats, vows to get ahead, and hopes to rise to the top by befriending noble ladies; The hypocritical Vautrin was a fugitive from prison who had been hiding in the corner, waiting for an opportunity to seize wealth... Seeing that Goriot's family property was squeezed out by his two daughters, and he did not even see his daughter for the last time before his death. Vautrin's conspiracy failed, his identity was exposed and he was caught. Rastignac seemed to see through the hypocrisy and absurdity of this upper class society, and he was determined to challenge the society...
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