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.

Aliases (1)

Père Goriot ×1

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 → 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
La Comédie humaine → La Comédie humaine ("Père Goriot") → La Comédie humaine →	hasPart
Honoré de Balzac →	notableWork
Le Père Goriot →	originalTitle