Le Pere Goriot: Scenes de la Vie Parisienne
by Balzac, Honore de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Madame Vauquer, nee de Conflans, est une vieille femme qui, depuis quarante ans, tient a Paris une pension bourgeoise etablie rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, entre le quartier latin et le faubourg Saint-Marceau. Cette pension, connue sous le nom de la Maison-Vauquer, admet egalement des hommes et des femmes, des jeunes gens et des vieillards, sans que jamais la medisance ait attaque les moeurs de ce respectable etablissement.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838
- Title
- Le Pere Goriot: Scenes de la Vie Parisienne
- Author
- Balzac, Honore de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: A. Quantin, 1885
- Keywords
- Balzac; Paris; Goriot; Vautrin; Rastignac; Family; Relationships; QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
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