Balzac's great theme was money, and he explored its uses andabuses with all the particularity of the masterful poet he was. OldGoriot, betrayed by rapacious daughters, and Rastignac, anambitious provincial youth alive to his opportunities, form thetwin foci around which the grasping Parisian society of the 1820srevolves, in this, his most economical and universally lovednovel.
【作者简介】
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) French journalist and writer,regarded as one of the creators of realism in literature. Balzac'shuge production of novels and short stories are collected under thename La Comédie Humaine
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