Le Pere Goriot

Putzulu, Bruno

Le Pere Goriot was written in 1835 by French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac as part of his novel sequence La Comedie humaine. The plot, set in Paris in 1819, follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly Goriot, a mysterious criminal named Vautrin, and a young student named Eugene de Rastignac. This work is widely considered to be Balzac’s most important novel. The characters that appear in this novel had appeared in his earlier works as well, a trademark technique utilized in much of Balzac’s fiction. He wrote the first draft of the book in just forty days, then published it first as a serial in the Revue de Paris between December and February. The novel version was released in March 1835. The novel in its entirety is read here by award-winning French actor Bruno Putzulu, who has performed both on screen and on stage.

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