Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Le Père Goriot


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 00:09, 2 February 2008.

Le Père Goriot


Frequently cited as Honoré de Balzac's most important novel. It has been listed as a Good Article, with a detailed review during that process by. Subsequent peer reviews were done by, , and. – Scartol  •  Tok  20:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC) (self nom)


 * Support. I found this an engaging, well-proportioned read which gave me an excellent introduction to all aspects of the book. qp10qp (talk) 00:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per qp10qp. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 04:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC))
 * Support: ack, I promised to do a PR for this article, but time got away from me and Scartol (rightfully so) couldn't hold this gem back. :) qp10qp is correct in that the article is an engaging and excellent introduction to the book; I personally knew nothing about this novel until I read the article.  It's well written, as usual, and a great example of what a novel FA should be.  A couple comments to go along with my enthusiastic support:
 * Le Père Goriot is widely considered as Balzac's the most important novel.: random "the".
 * The novel is set in 1819, during the Bourbon Restoration, which brought about profound changes in French society: is that first comma supposed to be there?
 * The city of Paris also impresses itself on the characters –: I've had this drilled into me, so forgive me if it's a French idiosyncrasy or something; should this be an em-dash? There are others like this in various sections, so it doesn't seem a mistake, but I just wanted to be sure.

Other than that, this is a wonderful article. I love learning new things about literature, and this article definitely has a lot to offer. María ( habla con migo ) 14:55, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Last time I looked, en dashes are fine if spaced. I use em dashes (fine if unspaced), but only because they remind me of my Auntie Em. qp10qp (talk) 15:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I totally forgot you were going to do a review, Yllo. Thanks for the feedback; I've fixed the typos from the lead. As for en vs. em dashes, see DASH. Cheers! – Scartol  •  Tok  16:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool, I just wanted to make sure. Great job! :) María ( habla  con migo ) 17:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.