Book Cover of La Comédie Humaine: Le Père Goriot

La Comédie Humaine: Le Père Goriot: Father Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac

Le Père Goriot est un roman d’Honoré de Balzac, commencé à Saché en 1834, dont la publication commence dans la Revue de Paris et qui paraît en 1842 en librairie. Il fait partie des Scènes de la vie privée de La Comédie humaine. Le Père Goriot établit les bases de ce qui deviendra un véritable édifice : La Comédie humaine, construction littéraire unique en son genre, avec des liens entre les volumes, des passerelles, des références. Le roman est dédié « au grand et illustre Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ».

Book Details

Language

French

Original Language

French

Published In

1835

Authors

Honoré de Balzac image

Honoré de was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus....

Books by Honoré de Balzac

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Green Valley Cover image

Green Valley by Katharine Yirsa Reynolds

"Traveling men have a poor opinion of it. Ministers of the gospel have been known to despair of it. Socially ambitious matrons move out of it, or, if...

Master Builder (Gosse & Archer Translation) Cover image

Master Builder (Gosse & Archer Translation) by Henrik Ibsen

The Master Builder follows Halvard Solness, a successful architect grappling with the consequences of his ambitious and ruthless rise to prominence....

Privy Seal: His Last Venture Cover image

Privy Seal: His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford

Step into the treacherous world of political intrigue and power in "Privy Seal: His Last Venture" by Ford Madox Ford. Uncover the secrets, deceptions,...

Haworth's Cover image

Haworth's by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The story of an inventor's son, who tries to prevent him and a couple other characters from being taken into poverty by the man of the house who is dr...

Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 Cover image

Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 by Eugène Sue

Set in the underbelly of 19th-century Paris, "The Mysteries of Paris" delves into the lives of the city's inhabitants, from the destitute and downtrod...

Ebb-Tide Cover image

Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson

Three men, desperate and broke in Tahiti, seize a schooner whose officers have perished from smallpox. Their plan? To steal the vessel and its valuabl...

Nether World Cover image

Nether World by George Gissing

This novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia a rich man, but he hides this fact from everybody. Instead o...

Vampire Cover image

Vampire by Paul Féval, père

Dans le Paris du XIXe siècle, une ambiance sombre et mystérieuse règne. Trois jeunes aristocrates allemands disparaissent sans laisser de trace, jetan...

Monica - Complete Cover image

Monica - Complete by Evelyn Everett-Green

It tells the story of Monica, a young woman who is orphaned and must make her own way in the world. Monica faces many challenges and setbacks as she s...

A Day of Fate Cover image

A Day of Fate by Edward P. Roe

This is a compelling novel that takes readers on a captivating journey through the twists and turns of life's defining moments. With its engaging narr...

Reviews for La Comédie Humaine: Le Père Goriot: Father Goriot

No reviews posted or approved, yet...