In 1843 Balzac placed "Le Père Goriot" in the section of "La Comédie humaine" entitled "Scènes de la vie parisienne" ("Scenes of life in Paris"). Quickly thereafter, he reclassified it – due to its intense focus on the private lives of its characters – as one of the "Scènes de la vie privée" ("Scenes of private life"). These categories and the novels in them were his attempt to create a body of work "depicting all society, sketching it in the immensity of its turmoil". Although he had prepared only a small predecessor for "La Comédie humaine", entitled "Études de Mœurs", at this time, Balzac carefully considered each work's place in the project and frequently rearranged its structure.