Madame Vauquer, formerly Mademoiselle de Confians, is now an old woman.
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Le père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac
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Eugène de Rastignac, étudiant sans fortune, est prêt à tout pour s'élever dans la bonne société parisienne. À la pension Vauquer, où il loge, il se prend d'affection pour le père Goriot, un riche retraité qui se ruine pour satisfaire les appétits de ses deux filles. Son destin tragique va révéler au jeune ambitieux le cruel visage du monde dans lequel il s'efforce d'entrer. Jusqu'où l'amour paternel peut-il conduire un homme?
Eug̈ne de Rastignac, a poor student, is ready to insinuate himself in Parisian high society. At the Vauquer boarding house, where he lives, he grows affectionate towards father Goriot, a rich retiree who ruins himself in order to satisfy the appetites of his two daughters. His tragic destiny reveals to the ambitious young man the cruel face of the world, which he is trying to enter. How far can paternal love lead a man?
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Fiction, France in fiction, Older men in fiction, Older men, Fathers and daughters, Fathers and daughters in fiction, History, Social life and customs, Boardinghouses in fiction, Boardinghouses, French language, Readers, Boardinghouses -- France -- Paris -- Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Paris (france), fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, coming of age, Lectures et morceaux choisis, Manners and customs, Fiction, general, Balzac, honore de, 1799-1850, Fiction, historical, general, France, fiction, Classics, French language books, Literary, French literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Fathers and daughters -- Fiction, Paris (France) -- Fiction, French fiction -- Translations into English, Older men -- Fiction, France -- History -- Louis XVIII, 1814-1824 -- Fiction, Balzac, honoré de , 1799-1850, Pq2168 .a374 1998, 843/.7Places
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La père Goriot
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SCOTT (copy 1): The Hédi Bouraoui Collection in Maghrebian and Franco-Ontario Literatures is the gift of University Professor Emeritus Hédi Bouraoui.
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