Le Père Goriot

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French novel novel realist novel

Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.

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Label Occurrences
Le Père Goriot canonical 20
Goriot 4
Père Goriot 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
author Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
centralTheme ambition ⓘ
corruption of society ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
paternal sacrifice ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ
containsCharacter Baron de Nucingen ⓘ
Bianchon ⓘ
Anastasie de Restaud ⓘ
surface form: Count de Restaud

Madame Vauquer ⓘ
Mademoiselle Michonneau ⓘ
Poiret ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts boarding house life in Paris ⓘ
explores conflict between personal ambition and moral values ⓘ
effects of money on human relationships ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat serial ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace Paris ⓘ
firstPublished Revue de Paris ⓘ
genre psychological novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
literarySignificance key work in Balzac's La Comédie humaine ⓘ
major work of 19th-century French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Anastasie de Restaud ⓘ
Delphine de Nucingen ⓘ
Eugène de Rastignac ⓘ
Jean-Joachim Goriot ⓘ
Vautrin ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor detailed depiction of Parisian society ⓘ
interconnected characters within La Comédie humaine ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Le Père Goriot self-link ⓘ
partOf La Comédie humaine ⓘ
protagonist Eugène de Rastignac ⓘ
publicationYear 1835 ⓘ
settingCountry France ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
structure divided into parts and chapters ⓘ
timePeriod Restoration France ⓘ
titleCharacter Jean-Joachim Goriot ⓘ
workInSeries La Comédie humaine ⓘ

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Honoré de Balzac → notableWork → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
La Comédie humaine → hasPart → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Le Père Goriot → originalTitle → Le Père Goriot self-link ⓘ
La Comédie humaine portrays French society after the fall of Napoleon → hasPart → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
subject surface form: La Comédie humaine
this entity surface form: Père Goriot
La Comédie humaine portrays French society after the fall of Napoleon → hasPart → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
subject surface form: La Comédie humaine
Vautrin → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Baron de Nucingen → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Baron de Nucingen → interactsWith → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goriot
Baron de Nucingen → firstAppearanceIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
complex criminal mastermind figure Vautrin → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
subject surface form: Vautrin
Eugène de Rastignac → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Eugène de Rastignac → associatedWith → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goriot
Nucingen → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Jean-Joachim Goriot → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Jean-Joachim Goriot → alsoKnownAs → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Père Goriot
Jean-Joachim Goriot → alsoKnownAs → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Goriot
Jean-Joachim Goriot → diesIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Anastasie de Restaud → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Anastasie de Restaud → familyName → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goriot
Anastasie de Restaud → firstPublicationContext → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Père Goriot (1835)
Madame Vauquer → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Bianchon → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Père Goriot
Poiret → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Poiret → associatedWith → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goriot
Mademoiselle Michonneau → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Mademoiselle Michonneau → firstPublicationWork → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Delphine de Nucingen → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Duchesse de Maufrigneuse → appearsIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Duchesse de Maufrigneuse → firstAppearanceIn → Le Père Goriot ⓘ