Отец Горио. Гобсек

by Honoré de Balzac, Оноре де Бальзак

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Genres: Classics, Fiction, Novels

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First published December 1, 1835

About the author

French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine .

Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.

Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, and Jack Kerouac as well as important philosophers, such as Friedrich Engels. Many works of Balzac, made into films, continue to inspire.

An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac adapted with trouble to the teaching style of his grammar. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. Balzac finished, and people then apprenticed him as a legal clerk, but after wearying of banal routine, he turned his back on law. He attempted a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician before and during his career. He failed in these efforts From his own experience, he reflects life difficulties and includes scenes.

Possibly due to his intense schedule and from health problems, Balzac suffered throughout his life. Financial and personal drama often strained his relationship with his family, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; five months later, he passed away.

Reviews

[Kristiyana]

Романът е един изключителен пример за добре разказана история, правилно изградени персонажи и добре изградения реализъм.
Показва огромната разлика между две коренно различни страни на Париж през 19 век.
Имаме застъпване на много морални ценности и виждания. Представена е разрушителната сила на парите, деградацията на човешките морали и бащинството.
Образът на дядо Горио е задълбочен и читателят може да види мъката, която се крие зад искренната бащинна обич.
Авторът успява да разкаже виртуозно една съкрушителна история и да пренесе читателят на мястото на събитието, правейки го истински участник и потапяйки го в един водовъртеж от емоции.

[Steven Fox]

Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love, money, self-sacrifice, corruption, greed and ambition, Old Man Goriot is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece. A key novel in his Comedie Humaine series, it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution. Interesting read as it' set in 1819 just after the French revolution.

[Robert]

Hum... the audio version I listened to doesn't appear in the list of editions here... anyway. This novel paints a pretty brutal picture of Parisian society in the mid 1800s. The struggle for social position and money seemed to bring out the worst in every character, from the richest to the meanest. I finish reading Proust before tackling another Balzac.

[Anujin Bataa]

This is so good book. I knew the Paris's lifestyle and cultures. The most important message is "parents love"

[Anabel hehe]

Both a very interesting historical look at French society and relationships and a coming of age of a naive young man. It both angered me and bored me at times but the ending was jarring and quick and I loved it. The language is beautiful

[Yuliia Zadnipriana]

Книга на века, что тут сказать.
Я очень люблю Бальзака, то, как он пишет, то о чем пишет. Когда читаю его произведения, находит некое вдохновение прочитать всю "Человеческую комедию"! Перечитывала эту книгу уже, наверное, раз четвертый. И все как впервые, все как первый раз:)

[T.]

A little verbose but an interesting tale about Parisian nobility.