Father Goriot
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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.
- Fathers and daughters
- Paris (France)
- French fiction
- Older men
- France
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1237. Father Goriot on Wikipedia.
