Gobseck by Honoré de Balzac

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.