Old Goriot

A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer He soon gets to know the guests Victorine Taillefer a young lady her rich father refuses to recognize Horace Bianchon a medical student Monsieur Vautrin a mysterious and disconcerting man Goriot a rich merchant who spent all his fortune for his daughters Delphine and Anastasie to make a rich marriage Eugène becomes friends with Goriot but while the former thanks to his cousin Madame de Beauséant is introduced in high society Goriot both exploited and scoffed at by his daughters continues his descent into hell