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272 pages • first pub 1835 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679405351
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Publication date: 26 November 1991
Description
Honor de Balzac's great theme was money, and in his best-loved novel, Old Goriot, he explored its uses and abuses with the particularity of a poet. A shabby Parisian boarding house in 1819 is the setting where his colorful characters collide. The...
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272 pages • first pub 1835 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679405351
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Publication date: 26 November 1991
Description
Honor de Balzac's great theme was money, and in his best-loved novel, Old Goriot, he explored its uses and abuses with the particularity of a poet. A shabby Parisian boarding house in 1819 is the setting where his colorful characters collide. The...