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Uncle Goriot is one of the most famous and important novels by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1835. It is part of his vast cycle The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine), and is considered perhaps the most successful work in that cycle.
People always think they know who the sponsor is: a calculating, not-so-bad-looking woman who married for money.
The novel itself is conceptually carried by a lucid comparison of Dalmatia and the Wild West: on a thematic level, cowboys are the mythical place of the childhood of the main character and her brother.
Francesco Merighi returns to Rome after 9 years abroad. In order to write an "authentic" novel, he keeps a diary of his life with his wife and their daughter Babe. He obsessively analyzes lies in relationships, the temptation of
Good Day, Comrades is a charming novel, subtle in its depiction of the political difficulties of a small, little-known African nation.
This novel, which was first published in 1965, is known for its themes of crime, revenge, and the psychological aspects of characters, especially those with disturbed behavior.