# Father Goriot

By Honoré de Balzac.

"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. As the young student enters Parisian society, he confronts the harsh realities of ambition, corruption, and social climbing in a world where family bonds crumble under the weight of greed and status-seeking. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Ellen Marriage
- Subjects: Fathers and daughters -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- Fiction; French fiction -- Translations into English; Older men -- Fiction; France -- History -- Louis XVIII, 1814-1824 -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Father Goriot (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/10517) by Honoré de Balzac (11 h 27 min, English)
- [Father Goriot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7822) by Honoré de Balzac (11 h 44 min, English)

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