Download or read book Old Goriot written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel of obsessive passion the author tells stories of Old Goriot and the ungrateful daughters he adores; young Rastignac, a country lad determined to make his way in Paris; and Vautrin, his satanic tempter. Their lives all cross in the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris.