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Uncle Goriot is the story of the old war profiteer Goriot and his daughters, who, after robbing him to the skin, leave him to die in the solitude and misery of the Vaquer boarding house, a story that can be read today on several levels.
This novel is about a beautiful, noble, and rich girl who seemingly has everything, but is still deeply unhappy and ends her life tragically.
The novel, written in the first person, describes the complex, distant relationship between a sculptor (the narrator) and her mother. The main characters are the sculptor, a beauty mother obsessed with purity and bodily blemishes, and a stepfather, who en