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Father Goriot

Balzac| Honoré de

Honore de Balzac's powerful novel of ambition and paternal sacrifice in Restoration-era Paris. The young law student Eugene de Rastignac arrives in the capital determined to conquer high society,…

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divine intervention 167 moral decay 43 familial relationships 34 economic hardship 34 paternal sacrifice 32 father goriot 29 maison vauquer 28 individual suffering 15 mme. vauquer 11 bourgeois society 10 cynicism of vautrin 10 social mobility 8 paternal sacrifice and familial relationships 7 moral decay within bourgeois society 7 dying man 7 moral compromise 6 social mobility and class disparities in paris 5 intergenerational conflict 5 economic hardship and poverty in urban life 5 eugene de rastignac 5 social climbing 4 social aspirations 4 paternal affection 4 economic hardship and poverty 4 youthful ambition 4 vicomtesse de beauseant 4 rastignac's presence 4 mme. de nucingen 4 medical student's perspective 4 financial assistance 4

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frenzied ambition moral compromise dying man tax exempt status father goriot divine intervention vicomtesse de beauseant moral decay

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