Balzac: Old Goriot (Landmarks of World Literature)
by David Bellos
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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.Tags
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- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 843.7 — Literature & rhetoric French Literature French fiction Constitutional monarchy 1815–48
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- PQ2168 .B45 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Modern literature 19th century
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