β Scribed by Honore de Balzac
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Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe VauquerοΏ½s dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. GoriotοΏ½s fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love, money, self-sacrifice, corruption, greed and ambition, Old Man Goriot is BalzacοΏ½s acknowledged masterpiece. A key novel in his ComοΏ½die Humaine series, it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution.
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