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高老头（世界文学名著典藏）
(france) Honoré De Balzac
"Petro Goriot" is one of the outstanding works of Balzac, the great French writer of the 19th century. It deeply depicts the naked money relationship between people in the capitalist world. Goriot's two daughters have always lived a luxurious life under the care of Goriot. One of them climbed up the aristocracy, entered the upper class, and became the newly rich Countess Resto; the other liked money, married a banker, and became Mrs. Nucingen. When they got married, each of them received a dowry of 800,000 francs, so they were flattering and considerate to their father in every possible way. But soon, the two precious daughters kicked their father out of the door and let him live a shabby life in the dilapidated Vauquer apartment. "Petro Goriot" describes the despicable crimes of the ruling class in detail through the tragedy of Goriot, criticizes the social reality of rampant materialism and ugly human nature, and exposes the loss of personality of the bourgeoisie under the control of money power and the naked money relationship between people.
"Petro Goriot" is one of the outstanding works of Balzac, the great French writer of the 19th century. It deeply depicts the naked money relationship between people in the capitalist world. Goriot's two daughters have always lived a luxurious life under the care of Goriot. One of them climbed up the aristocracy, entered the upper class, and became the newly rich Countess Resto; the other liked money, married a banker, and became Mrs. Nucingen. When they got married, each of them received a dowry of 800,000 francs, so they were flattering and considerate to their father in every possible way. But soon, the two precious daughters kicked their father out of the door and let him live a shabby life in the dilapidated Vauquer apartment. "Petro Goriot" describes the despicable crimes of the ruling class in detail through the tragedy of Goriot, criticizes the social reality of rampant materialism and ugly human nature, and exposes the loss of personality of the bourgeoisie under the control of money power and the naked money relationship between people.