Le Pere Goriot
by Balzac, Honore de
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8739
- Title
- Le Pere Goriot
- Author
- Balzac, Honore de
- Illustrator
- Lynch, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Classic, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Fiction: Mysteries/Thrillers & General; Antiquarian & Collectible Books; Giftable Books;
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