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(french) Balzac, Editor-in-chief Of The Study Group
"Petro Goriot" is one of Balzac's finest works. The novel is set in Paris from the end of 1819 to the beginning of 1820. It mainly tells two parallel and intersecting stories: the retired flour merchant Goriot was neglected by his two daughters and died tragically in the attic of the Vauquer apartment; the young Rastignac continued to change under the corrosion of Parisian society, but still maintained justice and morality. The writer painted pictures of the materialistic society in Paris, exposed the moral decay and ruthlessness of people under the control of money, and revealed the end of the aristocratic class during the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty.
"Petro Goriot" is one of Balzac's finest works. The novel is set in Paris from the end of 1819 to the beginning of 1820. It mainly tells two parallel and intersecting stories: the retired flour merchant Goriot was neglected by his two daughters and died tragically in the attic of the Vauquer apartment; the young Rastignac continued to change under the corrosion of Parisian society, but still maintained justice and morality. The writer painted pictures of the materialistic society in Paris, exposed the moral decay and ruthlessness of people under the control of money, and revealed the end of the aristocratic class during the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty.