Balzac: Old Goriot by David Bellos

Balzac: Old Goriot

David Bellos

128 pages first pub 1946 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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This up-to-date account of the novel's composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing nineteenth-cent...

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