Father Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
Impoverished young aristocrat Eugène de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying at the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris’s rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. The boarders strike up a friendship and Goriot learns of Rastignac’s feelings for his daughter Delphine. He begins to see Rastignac as the ideal son-in-law, and the perfect substitute for Delphine’s domineering husband. But Rastignac has other opportunities too, as the notorious criminal Vautrin, ‘The Death Dodger’, offers to murder the brother of a wealthy woman, giving the ambitious young lawyer a clear path to her fortune… Profound and realistic, Father Goriot is a startling glimpse into the vanity and selfishness of 19th-century Paris. It is considered one of the finest works of Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine.
Duration - 11h 59m.
Author - Honoré de Balzac.
Narrator - Bill Homewood.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Impoverished young aristocrat Eugène de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying at the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris’s rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. The boarders strike up a friendship and Goriot learns of Rastignac’s feelings for his daughter Delphine. He begins to see Rastignac as the ideal son-in-law, and the perfect substitute for Delphine’s domineering husband. But Rastignac has other opportunities too, as the notorious criminal Vautrin, ‘The Death Dodger’, offers to murder the brother of a wealthy woman, giving the ambitious young lawyer a clear path to her fortune… Profound and realistic, Father Goriot is a startling glimpse into the vanity and selfishness of 19th-century Paris. It is considered one of the finest works of Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine. Duration - 11h 59m. Author - Honoré de Balzac. Narrator - Bill Homewood. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:12:16
Chapter 1
Duration:00:13:27
Chapter 2
Duration:00:13:03
Chapter 3
Duration:00:11:19
Chapter 4
Duration:00:11:58
Chapter 5
Duration:00:10:43
Chapter 6
Duration:00:10:40
Chapter 7
Duration:00:10:42
Chapter 8
Duration:00:10:42
Chapter 9
Duration:00:14:59
Chapter 10
Duration:00:10:57
Chapter 11
Duration:00:15:30
Chapter 12
Duration:00:10:55
Chapter 13
Duration:00:12:42
Chapter 14
Duration:00:10:00
Chapter 15
Duration:00:11:41
Chapter 16
Duration:00:14:03
Chapter 17
Duration:00:13:39
Chapter 18
Duration:00:10:15
Chapter 19
Duration:00:13:46
Chapter 20
Duration:00:13:47
Chapter 21
Duration:00:12:12
Chapter 22
Duration:00:12:57
Chapter 23
Duration:00:10:52
Chapter 24
Duration:00:12:37
Chapter 25
Duration:00:13:00
Chapter 26
Duration:00:15:28
Chapter 27
Duration:00:11:41
Chapter 28
Duration:00:10:45
Chapter 29
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter 30
Duration:00:09:03
Chapter 31
Duration:00:12:57
Chapter 32
Duration:00:07:40
Chapter 33
Duration:00:09:21
Chapter 34
Duration:00:12:50
Chapter 35
Duration:00:10:12
Chapter 36
Duration:00:10:43
Chapter 37
Duration:00:12:22
Chapter 38
Duration:00:14:50
Chapter 39
Duration:00:12:26
Chapter 40
Duration:00:09:23
Chapter 41
Duration:00:14:12
Chapter 42
Duration:00:09:33
Chapter 43
Duration:00:11:00
Chapter 44
Duration:00:12:17
Chapter 45
Duration:00:09:38
Chapter 46
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 47
Duration:00:10:18
Chapter 48
Duration:00:10:50
Chapter 49
Duration:00:07:13
Chapter 50
Duration:00:10:17
Chapter 51
Duration:00:10:14
Chapter 52
Duration:00:09:54
Chapter 53
Duration:00:11:40
Chapter 54
Duration:00:09:09
Chapter 55
Duration:00:10:37
Chapter 56
Duration:00:10:12
Chapter 57
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 58
Duration:00:12:35
Chapter 59
Duration:00:11:36
Chapter 60
Duration:00:12:35
Chapter 61
Duration:00:15:59