Father Goriot

That word drama has been somewhat discredited of late; it has been overworked and twisted to strange uses in these days of dolorous literature; but it must do service again here, not because this story is dramatic in the restricted sense of the word, but because some tears may perhaps be shed intra et extra muros before it is over.

All is true,—so true, that every one can discern the elements of the tragedy in his own house, perhaps in his own heart.