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Old Goriot

Old Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac

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3.75 (4 reviews)
Pages
370

Eugne wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers - and everyone is out for what they can get. When he finds a place to stay at a shabby boarding house, he sees a potential plan to make a fortune: the two beautiful, aristocratic women who mysteriously come at night to visit the lonely old lodger Goriot. Could they...

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red13x

Apr 8th, 2024

I really love Balzac! Another great book, hard to put down.

forline

Dec 31st, 2017

Love Balzac!!!

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Jun 19th, 2015

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Feb 5th, 2015

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