Father Goriot

Father Goriot is a novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the interwoven lives of three characters: the senior and loving Goriot, a shadowy criminal-in-hiding called Vautrin and a gullible law student called Eugène de Rastignac. Excerpt: "The house might have been built on purpose for its present uses. Access is given by a French window to the fi...