Old Goriot
Author: Honoré de Balzac
His blue eyes, formerly so lively, seemed to have turned a sad leaden grey…People either pitied him or were shocked by him’Monsieur Goriot is one of a select group of lodgers at Madame Vauquer’s Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are reduced he is shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are t….Read More
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