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Old Man Goriot
by Balzac, Honore De
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
, 146 Charing Cross Road, London: John C Winston Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Rafaello Busoni. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. 19th century French Literature. Edited by W. Somerset Maugham in a new translation by Joan Charles, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni, in full color and b/w drawings. Two main threads run through the story, the old man' s self-sacrificing love for his ungrateful daughters, and the ambitious Rastignac's first time in the crowded, corrupt Paris of his day. "Old Man Goriot" is the first novel by Balzac in which he introduces characters that he brings into other novels so one gets to know them and wonder what happens to them. Bound in brown cloth gilt titled, clean and unmarked with rubbing to edges and corners; binding is tight, square and solid. Pages clean, no markings, no tears. 232 pages. John C Winston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1949.
Synopsis
A witty and reflective look at a society driven by social ambition and lust for riches-in a brilliant new translation. Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals, and social climbers-and everyone is out for what he can get. When he finds a place to stay at a shabby boarding house, he sees the potential to make a fortune in two beautiful, aristocratic women who visit the lonely old lodger Goriot. Could they bring Eugene the status and acceptance he craves? Nothing is as it seems in Paris, however, and soon he is over his head in a world of greed and obsession.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015657
- Title
- Old Man Goriot
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De
- Illustrator
- Rafaello Busoni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John C Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- , 146 Charing Cross Road, London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, FRENCH; CLASSIC LITERATURE;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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