{"product_id":"2940170290314","title":"Father Goriot","description":"\u003cp\u003eImpoverished young aristocrat Eugene 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-Genevieve, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfound and realistic, \u003ci\u003eFather Goriot\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Comedie Humaine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos Audiobooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098341392624,"sku":"2940170290314","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170290314_p0.jpg?v=1763707077","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170290314","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}