1799-1850

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Pere Goriot, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Honore de Balzac.

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.

The first part of the book is on Realism, with essays on Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol. The second part of the book shows how Dostoevsky this tradition and made it his own.

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.