Father Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac

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"Father Goriot" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1835. Set in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration, it follows three intertwined lives: an elderly father devoted to his daughters, a mysterious criminal in hiding, and a naive law student from the provinces.

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