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Le Père Goriot (English title: Old Goriot) is a 1835 novel written by Honoré de Balzac.
It is one of the series of novels to which Balzac gave the title of "The Human Comedy." It is a comedy, mingled with lurid tragic touches, of society in the French capital in the early decades of the 19th century. The novel follows Eugene Rastignac's entrance into heartless Parisian society. This heartlessness is embodied by the cruel fate of Goriot who has reduced himself to a state of squalour to provide his daughters with the material luxuries they desire. These daughters do not even come to visit him as he's dying and Rastignac is the only attendent at his funeral.
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- Template:Gutenberg — English translation by Ellen Marriagepl:Ojciec Goriot