Editorial Board of Classic Books for the Growth of Teenagers 
Father Goriot 

Based on the French society during the period of Bourbon Dynasty, the novel tells the story of two daughters brought up by Father Goriot, who made a fortune in business. After marriage, he squeezed his father”s property, damaged his father”s dignity and tortured his father”s emotion under the life style of the upper class society until he had nothing and died of exhaustion.