巴尔扎克修改稿件之严格是尽人皆知的。《欧也妮·葛朗台》先后版本中有关老葛朗台性格的几处改动就极有意义。从1833年到1843年出版的不同版本里,巴尔扎克对老葛朗台的財产数字,一改再改,所有这些統計数字在叙述过程中完全不是記录式的、无意义的,它們透露了人物的本色。例如:老葛朗台总是预先結算投机生意的利潤,在初版中, Balzac to modify the manuscripts is well known. There are several changes in the versions of “Ou Ye Ni Ge Lang Tai” about old Ge Lan Tai’s character. In different editions, published from 1833 to 1843, Balzac’s property numbers for Old Gentai have been changed and changed, all of which are totally unrecorded and meaningless in the process of narration Revealed the true nature of the characters. For example: Old Gelantai always pre-speculative profit, in the first edition,