Subscribe Now

Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 1 million titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • 7 days free trial, then €9.99/month
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe Now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Gobseck

Gobseck

1 Ratings

4

Duration
2H 35min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

Gobseck is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, first published in 1830.

Part of the La Comedie Humane and something of a sequence to Balzac's Father Goriot, the short book's title is the name of the pawn broker/money lender the father Goriot utilized to maintain his spoiled daughters in the luxury he had accustomed them to. This is a continuation of the tale of one of those daughters, Mme Restaud.

The plot of Gobseck, is set during the French Restoration, and concerns Anastasie de Restaud, née Goriot. Anastasie de Restaud is the daughter of a rich bourgeois who has married into the aristocracy, but is bored by her marriage, which is loveless and passionless.

Anastasie de Restaud has an affair with Maxime de Trailles, and spends her fortune on de Trailles. She turns to the usurer Jean-Esther van Gobseck for financial assistance.

© 2016 Anncona Media AB (Audiobook): 9789176056448
© 2015 Anncona Media AB (Ebook): 9789176056455

Release date

Audiobook: January 8, 2016
Ebook: December 21, 2015

Tags

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. A Distinguished Provincial At Paris
    A Distinguished Provincial At Paris Honoré de Balzac
  2. Sentimental Education
    Sentimental Education Gustave Flaubert
  3. Roderick Hudson
    Roderick Hudson Henry James
  4. Realms of Gold
    Realms of Gold John Keats
  5. A Sentimental Journey
    A Sentimental Journey Laurence Sterne
  6. The Wings of the Dove
    The Wings of the Dove Henry James
  7. Lady Anna
    Lady Anna Anthony Trollope
  8. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death’s Duel
    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death’s Duel John Donne
  9. La Rabouilleuse
    La Rabouilleuse Honoré de Balzac
  10. The German lieutenant and other stories
    The German lieutenant and other stories August Strindberg
  11. The Markets of Paris
    The Markets of Paris Émile Zola
  12. La Terre
    La Terre Émile Zola
  13. Caleb Williams
    Caleb Williams William Godwin
  14. The Beast in the Jungle
    The Beast in the Jungle Henry James
  15. In the World
    In the World Maxim Gorky
  16. Thaïs
    Thaïs Anatole France
  17. Misalliance
    Misalliance George Bernard Shaw
  18. The School for Wives
    The School for Wives Molière
  19. Onegin: English and Russian Language Edition
    Onegin: English and Russian Language Edition Alexander Pushkin
  20. Torrents of Spring
    Torrents of Spring Ivan Turgenev
  21. The Fortune of the Rougons
    The Fortune of the Rougons Émile Zola
  22. Zadig
    Zadig Voltaire
  23. Looking Backward: 2000–1887
    Looking Backward: 2000–1887 Edward Bellamy
  24. The Mysterious Portrait (Unabridged)
    The Mysterious Portrait (Unabridged) Nikolai Gogol
  25. Flappers and Philosophers
    Flappers and Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald
  26. The History of Rasselas
    The History of Rasselas Samuel Johnson
  27. The Misanthrope (1996)
    The Misanthrope (1996) Molière
  28. The Shadow-Line
    The Shadow-Line Joseph Conrad
  29. The Ambassadors
    The Ambassadors Henry James
  30. La Vita Nuova: The New Life
    La Vita Nuova: The New Life Dante
  31. His Masterpiece
    His Masterpiece Émile Zola
  32. Under Western Eyes
    Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad
  33. Taras Bulba and Other Tales (Unabridged)
    Taras Bulba and Other Tales (Unabridged) Nikolai Gogol
  34. Uncle's Dream
    Uncle's Dream Fjodor Dostojevskij
  35. Two on a Tower
    Two on a Tower Thomas Hardy
  36. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Unabridged)
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Unabridged) James Joyce
  37. The Well-Beloved
    The Well-Beloved Thomas Hardy
  38. La Bête Humaine [The Beast Within]
    La Bête Humaine [The Beast Within] Émile Zola
  39. Selections from The Decameron
    Selections from The Decameron Boccaccio
  40. The American
    The American Henry James
  41. The Steppe
    The Steppe Anton Chekhov
  42. Elmer Gantry
    Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis
  43. Sevastopol
    Sevastopol Leo Tolstoy
  44. The Return of the Native
    The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy
  45. La Dame aux Camélias
    La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas, fils
  46. St. John's Eve (Unabridged)
    St. John's Eve (Unabridged) Nikolai Gogol
  47. The Cloak (Unabridged)
    The Cloak (Unabridged) Nikolai Gogol
  48. The Bungler
    The Bungler Molière
  49. The Nick Adams Stories
    The Nick Adams Stories Ernest Hemingway
  50. The Doctor's Dilemma
    The Doctor's Dilemma George Bernard Shaw

Start with these

View all titles
  1. Quicksilver: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 1
    Quicksilver: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 1 Callie Hart
    4.4
  2. Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1
    Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1 Rebecca Yarros
    4.7
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling
    4.7
  4. The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
    The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist Freida McFadden
    4.2
  5. The Intruder
    The Intruder Freida McFadden
    4.1
  6. A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1 Sarah J. Maas
    4.2
  7. A Court of Thorns and Roses (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1 Sarah J. Maas
    4.3
  8. Quicksilver Bonus Scenes: Kingfisher's POV: The Fae & Alchemy Series
    Quicksilver Bonus Scenes: Kingfisher's POV: The Fae & Alchemy Series Callie Hart
    4
  9. Мамник - E1
    Мамник - E1 Васил Попов
    4.7
  10. House of Earth and Blood (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Crescent City 1
    House of Earth and Blood (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Crescent City 1 Sarah J. Maas
    4.4
  11. Fourth Wing
    Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros
    4.6
  12. The Fellowship of the Ring
    The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien
    4.8
  13. Nocticadia
    Nocticadia Keri Lake
    4.2
  14. The Wolf King
    The Wolf King Lauren Palphreyman
    4.2
  15. Red Rising (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Red Rising 1
    Red Rising (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Red Rising 1 Pierce Brown
    4.5

This is why you’ll love Storytel

  • Listen and read without limits

  • 800 000+ stories in 40 languages

  • Kids Mode (child-safe environment)

  • Cancel anytime

Unlimited stories, anytime

Unlimited

Listen and read as much as you want

9.99 € /month

  • Offline Mode

  • Kids Mode

  • Cancel anytime

Try now
Company
Explore
Useful links
Language and region

  • English

  • International

  • app_store_button
  • google_play_button
Follow us