P�re Goriot is widely considered Balzac's most important novel. This is the story of the relationship between a doting father and his two adult daughters. Blinded by his love for his children, P�re Goriot can not see their flaws and gives them everything they ask for even though the giving destroys him. A cautionary tale about the dangers of placing society and money before all else.
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P�re Goriot is widely considered Balzac's most important novel. This is the story of the relationship between a doting father and his two adult daughters. Blinded by his love for his children, P�re Goriot can not see their flaws and gives them everything they ask for even though the giving destroys him. A cautionary tale about the dangers of placing society and money before all else.
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The characters are multi-talented, each are able to write and rewrite our understanding of them as pertains to their decisions and placing in life. Pere is at once a pitiful character and one that we can sympathize with as well as despise. He airs out the weakness of the human spirit and the author is honest in his confrontation of the Urbane consciousness!
