balzac, honor? de

Presents an English translation of Balzac's 1835 novel in which Goriot, a loving parent, is willingly reduced to poverty so that he may satisfy the demands of his well-married but debt-ridden daughters, and includes a selection of twentieth-century criticism.

A collection of twelve short stories by Honor? De Balzac.

Presents fourteen critical essays on the writings of nineteenth-century French author Honore de Balzac, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.