Le Père Goriot

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Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.

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Le Père Goriot canonical 20
Goriot 4
Père Goriot 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French novel
novel
realist novel
author Honoré de Balzac
centralTheme ambition
corruption of society
family relationships
paternal sacrifice
social climbing
containsCharacter Baron de Nucingen
Bianchon
Count de Restaud
Madame Vauquer
Mademoiselle Michonneau
Poiret
countryOfOrigin France
depicts boarding house life in Paris
explores conflict between personal ambition and moral values
effects of money on human relationships
firstPublicationFormat serial
firstPublicationPlace Paris
firstPublished Revue de Paris
genre psychological novel
social novel
hasAdaptation film adaptations
stage adaptations
television adaptations
literaryMovement Realism
literarySignificance key work in Balzac's La Comédie humaine
major work of 19th-century French literature
mainCharacter Anastasie de Restaud
Delphine de Nucingen
Eugène de Rastignac
Jean-Joachim Goriot
Vautrin
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor detailed depiction of Parisian society
interconnected characters within La Comédie humaine
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Le Père Goriot
partOf La Comédie humaine
protagonist Eugène de Rastignac
publicationYear 1835
settingCountry France
settingLocation Paris
structure divided into parts and chapters
timePeriod Restoration France
titleCharacter Jean-Joachim Goriot
workInSeries La Comédie humaine

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Honoré de Balzac notableWork Le Père Goriot
La Comédie humaine hasPart Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot originalTitle Le Père Goriot
La Comédie humaine hasPart Père Goriot
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La Comédie humaine hasPart Le Père Goriot
Vautrin appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Baron de Nucingen appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Baron de Nucingen interactsWith Goriot
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Baron de Nucingen firstAppearanceIn Le Père Goriot
Vautrin appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Eugène de Rastignac appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Eugène de Rastignac associatedWith Goriot
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Nucingen appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Jean-Joachim Goriot appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Jean-Joachim Goriot alsoKnownAs Père Goriot
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Jean-Joachim Goriot alsoKnownAs Old Goriot
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Jean-Joachim Goriot diesIn Le Père Goriot
Anastasie de Restaud appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Anastasie de Restaud familyName Goriot
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Anastasie de Restaud firstPublicationContext Le Père Goriot (1835)
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Madame Vauquer appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Bianchon appearsIn Père Goriot
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Poiret appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Poiret associatedWith Goriot
linked to: Le Père Goriot
Mademoiselle Michonneau appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Delphine de Nucingen appearsIn Le Père Goriot
Duchesse de Maufrigneuse appearsIn Le Père Goriot