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Père Goriot

Honoré de Balzac

Start date: September 15, 2011

Finish date: October 31, 2011

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Aug 08, 2018 Sorento62 rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics-western-fiction-1700-1900, hundred-greatest-novels-mccrum, friend-recommended, aging, french-opt, 2018-dws

A good classic. Slow at the beginning, but ultimately paints a detailed picture of high society in Paris, early 19th century.

Liberally sprinkled with the author's generalized observations of human character. ...more

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Aug 28, 2011 Vicky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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J'avais lu "Le Père Goriot" il y a de celà à peu près vingt ans, je l'avais alors beaucoup aimé et en avait gardé un souvenir agréable. Ce me semble toujours un peu risqué de relire bien des années plus tard un roman qu'on a beaucoup aimé lorsqu'adolescent ou jeune adulte, périodes où l'on est peut-être plus impressionnable. Je crains toujours un peu lors de ces relectures de détruire l'image favorable que je m'étais forgé d'une œuvre et pourtant j'ai envie de les relire ces livres qui m'ont mar ...more

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