Père Goriot — Honoré de Balzac

Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Airmont Publishing Company, Inc.
Format: Paperback
Edition: Airmont Classic, complete and unabridged edition, with introduction by Raymond R. Canon. Special contents copyright 1965.
ISBN: No ISBN

Condition: Second-hand vintage paperback. Noticeable wear, creasing, foxing, staining, tape residue inside the cover, and previous owner’s name written on the title page. Cover has been protected or covered in plastic. A worn but readable copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Père Goriot is one of Honoré de Balzac’s best-known novels and a key work in his vast cycle La Comédie Humaine. Set in Paris, the novel follows the tragic decline of Goriot, an ageing father ruined by his devotion to his daughters, alongside the ambitious young student Rastignac. A classic study of family, class, money, ambition, and moral compromise in nineteenth-century French society.