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A kind-hearted and idealistic youth enters the grasping Parisian society of the 1820s, where his education in the realities and costs of city life begin among the residents of a shabby but respectable boardinghouse. Acclaimed by Leslie Stephen as "the modern King Lear," it offers a timeless view of the tragedies behind the prosaic details of everyday life.Balzac, Honoré de is the author of 'Pere Goriot', published 2004 under ISBN 9780486436982 and ISBN 0486436985.
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