“Where some one else's welfare is concerned, a young girl becomes as ingenious as a thief. Guileless where she herself is in question, and full of foresight for me,-she is like a heavenly angel forgiving the strange incomprehensible sins of earth.”
Father Goriot is a novel by Honoré de Balzac, which delves into the lives of a poor father and his two ambitious daughters in the backdrop of Parisian society during the early 19th century. The story examines the complexities of social hierarchy and the pursuit of wealth and status, offering a critical look at the human condition and the lengths people will go to achieve their goals. more
French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more
“For young people always begin by loving exaggeration, that infirmity of noble minds.”
“Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.”
“A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.”
“France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same.”
“Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.”