balzac - old goriot - classic or dud?

think i read the ellen marriage trans of the history of thirteen so cant speak to the one upthread; but would agree that its not peak honore

big rec for the black sheep which is my fav of course the long novels

Started "The Quest for the Absolute". There is a genius for description of rooms here that an AI would struggle to compete with. You can really feel him having so much fun with his power.

That can also provoke some frustration. You feel this could be half of the length (even in a short book like this) but the material is so good.