AcknowledgmentsForewordTranslators' Introduction--The Mysteries of ParisLetter from Eugène Sue to the Editor of 'Le Journal des Débats'French Currency in the Nineteenth Century
When I began reading "Père Goriot", I wasn't sure I would like it, because for the first dozen pages or so, Balzac let the narrative voice run riot. Granted, the narrative voice has its place in terms of creating for the reader setting, mood, and characters. But once those elements have been establ...
This is a very worth-while book of criticism (even for those of us not much interested in Freudian interpretation) particularly after reading Great Expectations and Absalom, Absalom, on which the author devotes two chapter-length essays. The chapter on Great Expectations is included in both the Nort...
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