About This Novel
This book is a representative work of Balzac, the famous French novelist in the 19th century, and is included in the "Private Life Scenes" of "A Study of Customs" in "Comedy Humane". The protagonist in the book, Old Man Goriot, is an old noodle seller in Paris, France. For the sake of his two vain daughters who strived to live a decent life in the upper class, he spent all his last property and died alone and desolately without the company of his relatives. The tragedy of Old Man Goriot unveiled the tenderness of family in capitalist society and revealed the naked nature of money transactions. This important work shows the French society in the first half of the 19th century, reflecting the decadence and luxury of the aristocratic life at that time, and also reproduces the life styles of all social classes at that time.
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