Le Pere Goriot
by Honore De Balzac
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, 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
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1627559468ANA
- Title
- Le Pere Goriot
- Author
- Honore De Balzac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1968
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