Father Goriot, today considered one ofBalzac’smost important works, is part of his novel sequenceThe Human Comedy. It’s the first of Balzac’s novels to feature recurring characters, a technique that he famously developed in his subsequent novels.
Set in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration of the early 1800s,Father Goriotfollows Eugène de Rastignac, a student born to noble roots but little means, as he tries to climb the social ladder in Paris. The...
