Old Goriot (No. 170 - Everyman's Library) ~ Honoré de Balzac

Old Goriot (No. 170 - Everyman's Library) ~ Honoré de Balzac

Small hard cover with dust jacket
Good condition

Set in post-Napoleonic Paris, this novel follows the tragic decline of Père Goriot, a retired merchant who sacrifices everything for his two ungrateful daughters. Through the eyes of the ambitious law student Eugène de Rastignac, Balzac exposes the ruthless social climbing and moral decay of 19th-century French society. A cornerstone of La Comédie Humaine, Old Goriot is both a personal tragedy and a scathing social critique.

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