Father Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac
416 pages~7 hrs
“In a city fueled by greed, love is the ultimate liability.”
In the cutthroat salons of Restoration-era Paris, a penniless student learns that the only way to the top is to step over the broken hearts of the innocent. Witness a haunting exploration of paternal obsession and ruthless ambition where every luxury is bought with a piece of one's soul.
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