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Pere Goriot
Contributor(s): De Balzac, Honore (Author), Marriage, Ellen (Translator)
ISBN: 0486436985     ISBN-13: 9780486436982
Publisher: Dover Publications
OUR PRICE:   $3.15  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2004
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A kind-hearted and idealistic youth enters the grasping Parisian society of the 1820s, where his education in the realities and costs of city life begin among the residents of a shabby but respectable boardinghouse. Acclaimed by Leslie Stephen as "the modern "King Lear, "" it offers a timeless view of the tragedies behind the prosaic details of everyday life.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Literary Criticism | European - French
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2004049363
Lexile Measure: 1180
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.26" W x 8.22" (0.39 lbs) 210 pages