Book · 1835 · Fiction

Old Man Goriot

Penguin Books (Penguin Random House) · 336 pages
★ 7.2 editorial score

In a shabby Paris boarding house, an old man sells off everything for two daughters ashamed to be seen with him. Balzac counts every franc and shows what money does to love.

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1835Depicts Bourbon Restoration (France)Depicts 1810s

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