Balzac: Old Goriot

by David Bellos

Overview

This up-to-date account of the novel's composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing nineteenth-century expectations of what novels should be like.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521316347
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/26/1987
Series:	Landmarks of World Literature
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.28(d)

Table of Contents

Chronology; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. The making of Old Goriot; 2. The achievement of Old Goriot; Bibliography.