{"product_id":"pere-goriot-9780451529596","title":"Pere Goriot","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eP re Goriot \u003c\/i\u003ecan rightly be regarded as one of the greatest of Balzac's novels,\" writes Henry Reed of this masterful study of a father who sacrifices everything for his daughters. This novel marked the true beginning of Balzac's towering project \u003ci\u003eLa Com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003edie Humaine\u003c\/i\u003e, his series of novels and short stories depicting \"the whole pell-mell of civilization.\" In \u003ci\u003eP re Goriot\u003c\/i\u003e, the great novelist probes the \"bourgeois tragedy\" of money and power from two different directions. While Goriot is willingly reduced to poverty to support his ambitious daughters, an impoverished young man of integrity becomes money hungry. Attracted to one of Goriot's daughters, Rastignac succumbs to the fever of social climbing. The resulting tale is a commentary on wealth and human desire that still rings true in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated and with an Afterword by Henry Reed\u003cbr\u003eand with an Introduction by Peter Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451529596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.20w x 0.88d","brand":"Honor de Balzac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507414724789,"sku":"9780451529596","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c6da4f5e-86e0-487b-9170-490f5f22f404.jpg?v=1722312274","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pere-goriot-9780451529596","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}