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La fortune des Rougon
- Les Rougon-Macquart 1
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Eric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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"Je veux vous expliquer comment une famille, un petit groupe d'êtres, se comporte dans une société, en s'épanouissant pour donner naissance à dix, à vingt individus, qui paraissent, au premier coup d'oeil, profondément dissemblables, mais que l'analyse montre intimement liés les uns aux autres. L'hérédité a ses lois, comme la pesanteur." Emile Zola.
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- By Amelie Tedeschi on 05-06-23
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La fortune des Rougon
- Les Rougon-Macquart 1
- Narrated by: Eric Herson-Macarel
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-12-20
- Language: French
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Money
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Zola’s Money (L’Argent, 1891) shows the corrupting effect of untrammelled stock-market speculation. While some seek redemption through philanthropic and evangelical ventures, others–such as the main protagonist, Saccard–embrace their own avarice. Speculators illegally push up share prices so that ordinary citizens are feverishly swept up in an epidemic of small-scale investment.
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Money
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 18
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 08-03-24
- Language: English
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La terre
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Abel Icart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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Il s'agit en effet d'une évocation très noire du monde paysan de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, de petits propriétaires terriens âpres au gain, dévorés d'une passion pour la terre pouvant aller jusqu'au crime. Tout l'ouvrage est empreint d'une bestialité propre à choquer les lecteurs de l'époque, les accouplements d'animaux alternant avec ceux des humains, eux-mêmes marqués par une grande précocité et par une brutalité allant fréquemment jusqu'au viol.
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La terre
- Narrated by: Abel Icart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 26-01-26
- Language: French
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The French Classics Collection: 11 Stories From Zola, Proust, Verne, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Voltaire, & More
- Candide, Chéri, Germinal, Swann's Way, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Much More
- By: Voltaire, Collette, Émile Zola, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, George Blagden, Daniel Weyman, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The French Classics Collection brings together 18 of the greatest works of fiction ever written in French - here collected into one audiobook and all translated into English. Featuring grand epics of love, loss, and survival, as in Les Miserables, to tales of adventure in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, and romances such as Madame Bovary, alongside many more grand stories from 17th, 18th, and 19th century France, this collection will whisk you away into other worlds with some of the greatest characters in literature within some of the greatest novels ever written.
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The French Classics Collection: 11 Stories From Zola, Proust, Verne, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Voltaire, & More
- Candide, Chéri, Germinal, Swann's Way, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Much More
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, George Blagden, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Nicholas Boulton, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 02-07-26
- Language: English
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The Beast in Man
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
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Sex, betrayal, murder and corruption form the basis of this sensational novel by one of the leading French authors of the 19th century. Jacques Lantier is a man with a hereditary homicidal lust. When he sees Roubaud and his wife Severine slit the throat of a wealthy nobleman, it is the catalyst for a string of murders in a convoluted plot full of horror and suspense.
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Outstanding story from a true master of the art and superb narration that does the story justice
- By Asmodeous on 23-02-24
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The Beast in Man
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 17
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-10-17
- Language: English
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Le ventre de Paris
- Rougon-Macquart 3
- Narrated by: Marc-Henri Boisse
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-05-14
- Language: French
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Germinal
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Étienne Lantier arrives in the town of Montsou in search of work, he is confronted by the brutal conditions endured by the coal miners: gruelling shifts, meagre wages and backbreaking labour. As Étienne immerses himself in the community, he takes it upon himself to become a voice for the labourers and a leader in their fight for justice. As tensions rise and a miners' strike begins to brew, Zola candidly depicts a devastating spiral into violence and despair.
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Germinal
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 23-07-25
- Language: English
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Thérèse Raquin
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Thérèse is a half Algerian orphan, brought up in provincial France by her aunt and married off to her sickly cousin Camille. His ambition takes the three of them to Paris, where they set up home in the dank and dingy backstreets that run down to the Seine. The relentless tedium of life for Thérèse is eventually broken by the presence of Camille’s unscrupulous friend Laurent, sparking a series of increasingly desperate acts.
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Thérèse Raquin
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 16-03-22
- Language: English
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La débâcle
- Rougon-Macquart 19
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 20 hrs and 55 mins
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À la suite de la mort de son épouse, Jean Macquart, désespéré, personnage principal de "La Terre", reprend du service dans l'armée. Incorporé dans le 106e de ligne, il y est caporal. Ses hommes le respectent. Lors de la guerre franco-prussienne de 1870, il ne peut qu'assister impuissant à l'effondrement de l'Empire et à la déroute de ses armées.
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La débâcle
- Rougon-Macquart 19
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 20 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 28-06-18
- Language: French
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The Rougons A Family Saga of the Second Empire
- By: Émile Zola
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Dive into the first installment of the monumental Rougon-Macquart Cycle, a hallmark of French naturalism. This captivating narrative unfolds the intricate lives of a family in Provence during the Second Empire, born from the tumultuous relationships between Adelaide Fouque, her husband Rougons, and the smuggler Macquart. Experience their struggles, triumphs, and the socio-political landscape of the time, beautifully summarized by Mark Leder.
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Nana
- Rougon-Macquart 9
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Victor Vestia
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Dans ce roman, on découvre une société dominée par le plaisir et l'argent, le milieu du théâtre parisien au 19ème siècle et de la prostitution, celui de l'aristocratie et de la grande bourgeoisie.À travers le personnage de Nana, jolie fille du ruisseau, prostituée et comédienne sans talent devenue célèbre courtisane, Zola décrit la déchéance d'une femme, et celle de la bonne société qui lui apporte ses amants, mais aussi la fin du Second Empire, qui se rue avec insouciance vers la guerre et la débâcle.
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Des goûts et des couleurs
- By Chiikita on 04-08-17
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Nana
- Rougon-Macquart 9
- Narrated by: Victor Vestia
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 9
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 31-07-15
- Language: French
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L'Argent
- Rougon-Macquart 18
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Pierre Prévost
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
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La spéculation, telle qu'elle se pratique de nos jours, naît sous le Second Empire. Aristide Rougon, dit Saccard, le promoteur immobilier de "La Curée", réapparait ici en conquérant de la finance.Le "jeu" capitaliste enflamme les passions des grandes fortunes comme des classes laborieuses. Zola démonte le mécanisme des opérations boursières et scrute les personnages typiques du milieu de l'argent.
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L'Argent
- Rougon-Macquart 18
- Narrated by: Pierre Prévost
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 18
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 15-05-15
- Language: French
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L'Assommoir
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
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"L'Assommoir", septième volume de la série "Les Rougon-Macquart" publié en 1877, est considéré comme le plus grand roman d'Émile Zola. L'ouvrage est totalement consacré au monde ouvrier et, selon Zola, c'est "le premier roman sur le peuple, qui ne mente pas et qui ait l'odeur du peuple". L'écrivain y restitue la langue et les mœurs des ouvriers, tout en décrivant les ravages causés par la misère et l'alcoolisme. "L'Assommoir" raconte la grandeur puis la décadence de Gervaise Macquart, honnête blanchisseuse de la Goutte d'Or dans le Paris populaire de 1850.
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L'Assommoir
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 15-11-18
- Language: French
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Five: 13 Novels from Twain, Austen, Proust, Dumas, Gaskell, Dickens, & More
- The Three Musketeers, The Idiot, Northanger Abbey, The Island of Dr. Moreau, In Search of Lost Time, Oliver Twist, Nana, & Much More
- By: Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Marcel Proust, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Nathan Osgood, David Rintoul, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Five is the fifth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Five features 14 essential works that reach across Europe, America, and Russia - from Twain to Dostoyevsky to Austen - to bring together some of the most influential authors of the 18th and 19th century. Read by a cast of incredible narrators, this is a chance to expand your listening by going deeper into some of your favourite authors' works and find your new favourite piece of classic literature.
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Five: 13 Novels from Twain, Austen, Proust, Dumas, Gaskell, Dickens, & More
- The Three Musketeers, The Idiot, Northanger Abbey, The Island of Dr. Moreau, In Search of Lost Time, Oliver Twist, Nana, & Much More
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Nathan Osgood, David Rintoul, Malk Williams, Kristin Atherton, full cast
- Series: The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection (SNR Audio), The Ultimate Classics Collection (SNR Audio)
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 02-07-26
- Language: English
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Nana
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Walter Zimmerman
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Emile Zola, along with fellow novelists Honoré de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert, was an early realist in French literature. In novels such as Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Zola's Nana, sex and violence were examined with vivid clarity. These realists soon adopted the word naturalism to describe their writings.
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Excellent
- By Damian on 01-03-09
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Nana
- Narrated by: Walter Zimmerman
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 9
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-03-05
- Language: English
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Rome
- By: Émile Zola
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In Rome, Abbe Pierre Froment, fresh from his transformative experiences in Lourdes, pens a provocative book advocating for a new enlightened papacy. His journey to the heart of the Vatican is fraught with tension as he seeks to defend his work against impending condemnation. Immersed in the opulent world of aristocratic and ecclesiastical society during his three-month stay, Pierre grapples with the Eternal City’s storied past and uncertain future, all while filtered through Zolas piercing skepticism and modernist lens. His tale is woven with intricate details and an undercurrent of dark ...
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Fortune of the Rougons
- By: Émile Zola
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Step into the world of The Fortune of the Rougons (French La Fortune des Rougon), the inaugural novel in Émile Zolas ambitious twenty-volume series, Les Rougon-Macquart, first published in 1871. Zolas introduction sets the stage for a profound exploration of how heredity and environment intertwine, echoing themes of natural selection and evolution. While some may debate Zolas scientific assertions, the novel brilliantly captures the intricate dance between significant social and political upheaval and the everyday lives of a provincial community. Set against the backdrop of Napoleon IIIs coup...
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The Gin Palace
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts the marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on the path to a decent, respectable life at last. But with her husband's drinking and the unexpected appearance of a figure from her past, Gervaise's plans begin to unravel tragically.
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dreadful narrator
- By Ruth on 07-10-12
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The Gin Palace
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 7
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-12-06
- Language: English
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The Paris Classics Collection: Stories of the City - 11 Stories from Orwell, Dickens, Dumas, Hugo, Proust, Zola, & Much More
- A Tale of Two Cities; Down and Out in Paris and London; Gigi; Les Misérables; Madmae Bovary; Nana; Swann's Way; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Phantom of the Opera; The Three Musketeers; & Much More
- By: Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Pierre Chodrelos de Laclos, and others
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Keeble, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The Paris Classics Collection: Stories of the City immerses you in the rich, timeless world of Paris through a collection of iconic stories that span the spectrum of passion, revolution, romance, and intrigue. From the bustling streets to the glittering ballrooms, some of the greatest novels of all time transport you to the heart of one of the world's most captivating cities. Featuring unforgettable characters, dramatic plots, and a deep dive into the human spirit, this collection showcases the best of Parisian storytelling.
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The Paris Classics Collection: Stories of the City - 11 Stories from Orwell, Dickens, Dumas, Hugo, Proust, Zola, & Much More
- A Tale of Two Cities; Down and Out in Paris and London; Gigi; Les Misérables; Madmae Bovary; Nana; Swann's Way; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Phantom of the Opera; The Three Musketeers; & Much More
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Keeble, David Rintoul, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 02-07-26
- Language: English
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Pot-Bouille
- Rougon-Macquart 10
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Marc-Henri Boisse
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
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Octave Mouret (le futur héros du "Bonheur des dames"), débarque à Paris et devient le nouveau locataire d'un immeuble bourgeois de six étages, situé rue de Choiseul. Il découvre rapidement que dans cette demeure en apparence de réputation irréprochable, les intrigues font partie de la vie courante des habitants. Derrière une belle façade se dissimule une cour intérieure d'où émanent des odeurs nauséabondes dues aux détritus des cuisines que les domestiques jettent par les fenêtres. Et par analogie, derrière cette respectable façade, existe un puant cloaque moral.
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The original sex and shopping blockbuster
- By Mary Carnegie on 18-03-19
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Pot-Bouille
- Rougon-Macquart 10
- Narrated by: Marc-Henri Boisse
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 10
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 22-03-18
- Language: French
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