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Eugénie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Claude Bermann
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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Ces trois femmes vivent sous la terrible coupe du chef de famille, avaricieux maladif. Dans le voisinage, les beaux partis se disputent l’hypothétique main d’Eugénie dans l’espoir d’épouser la fortune. Mais un évènement imprévu va venir bouleverser cet ordonnancement : le cousin d’Eugénie, un dandy parisien, fils du frère du père Grandet, débarque un soir, porteur d’une missive pour son oncle.
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Eugénie Grandet
- Narrated by: Claude Bermann
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 13-07-23
- Language: French
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Classic French Dramas starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 2
- By: Theatre Royal, Jules Romains, Honoré de Balzac, and others
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 58 mins
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Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from the literature of France. Here is the legendary Laurence Olivier starring in ‘Little Louise’, adapted from the original tale by Guy de Maupassant and Robert Morley starring in 'Doctor Knock' adapted from the original tale by Jules Romains.Theatre Royal is a unique series of classic radio dramas produced in the 1950's by the late Harry Alan Towers.
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the storiea
- By Crissy on 21-08-25
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Classic French Dramas starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 58 mins
- Release date: 22-04-11
- Language: English
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Le Lys dans la vallée
- La Comédie humaine - Scènes de la vie de campagne
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Félix de Vandenesse livre par écrit à sa fiancée les secrets de sa vie passée. Il est le cadet d'une famille aristocratique mais fut délaissé et mal-aimé dès son plus jeune âge. Son honnêteté le conduit à révéler sa rencontre avec Henriette de Mortsauf, qu'il le bouleversa tout jeune homme. La comtesse était mariée et leur relation prendra une tournure ambigüe, à la fois mère de substitution, confidente et femme idéalisée.
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Le Lys dans la vallée
- La Comédie humaine - Scènes de la vie de campagne
- Narrated by: Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo
- Series: La Comédie Humaine
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 20-12-21
- Language: French
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Classic French Dramas Starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 1
- By: Theatre Royal, Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 47 mins
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Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from the literature of France. Here is the legendary Laurence Olivier starring in ‘The Purse’, adapted from the original tale by Honore de Balzac and Laurence Olivier starring in 'Zaramfeski's Duel' adapted from the original tale by Alexandre Dumas.Theatre Royal is a unique series of classic radio dramas produced in the 1950's by the late Harry Alan Towers.
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Excellent Old Time Broadcasts
- By Highlight on 14-02-15
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Classic French Dramas Starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 25-04-11
- Language: English
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Le Médecin de campagne
- La Comédie humaine - Scènes de la vie de campagne
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Le commandant Genestas qui a combattu auprès de Napoléon, désormais en exil, arrive dans un village du Dauphiné près de Grenoble. Là, il rencontre le docteur Benassis, personnage éminent du petit bourg dont il est devenu maire. On apprend qu'en l'espace de dix années, ce médecin a redonné vie et prospérité à cette région, autrefois pauvre et enclavée, peuplée de gens miséreux et superstitieux. Une amitié se noue entre les deux hommes dont le passé cache peut-être quelques zones d'ombre.
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Le Médecin de campagne
- La Comédie humaine - Scènes de la vie de campagne
- Narrated by: Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo
- Series: La Comédie Humaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 20-12-21
- Language: French
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Le Pere Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Honoré de Balzac uses his classic style of detail to describe a most controversial setting in his novel Le Pere Goriot. The story takes place in Paris just after the fall of Napoleon in 1819. The story focuses on three characters, Rastignac, a student who wants to try and make it big in the capital, Vautrin, an interesting and funny character who is also quite mysterious, and the main character, Goriot, that carries a heavy burden that only a loving parent would endure.
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Oh dear
- By Crocker on 04-07-17
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Le Pere Goriot
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-11-16
- Language: English
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Le médecin de campagne
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Pierre Aussedat
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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En 1829, par une jolie matinée de printemps, un homme âgé d'environ cinquante ans suivait à cheval un chemin montagneux qui mène à un gros bourg situé près de la Grande-Chartreuse. Cet homme, le commandant Genestas, en recherche un autre : Monsieur Benassis, médecin de campagne et maire de ce bourg. La rencontre a lieu, mais pourquoi le commandant se présente-t-il sous une fausse identité?
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Le médecin de campagne
- Narrated by: Pierre Aussedat
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-07-16
- Language: French
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La Peau de chagrin
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Thibault Schrevelle
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Dans le monde fastueux mais impitoyable du Paris post-napoléonien, un jeune homme au bord du désespoir découvre par hasard un objet qui changera son destin à jamais. Raphaël de Valentin, appauvri et désabusé, acquiert un mystérieux morceau de cuir enchanté, la peau d'un âne sauvage, qui exauce tous les souhaits de son propriétaire. Cependant, chaque désir exaucé a un coût terrible : la peau rétrécit, et avec elle, la durée de vie de Raphaël.
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La Peau de chagrin
- Narrated by: Thibault Schrevelle
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-04-26
- Language: French
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Eugénie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Françoise Gillard
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Le père d'Eugénie Grandet a été tonnelier. Grâce à un sens aigu des affaires et une grande avarice, il a réussi à faire fortune en profitant des événements de cette époque instable. Autrefois maire de Saumur, il fait maintenant fructifier sa grande fortune tout en faisant croire à sa femme et à sa fille qu'ils ne sont pas bien riches. Les habitants de Saumur, plus au courant de la fortune du père Grandet, voient en sa fille Eugénie le plus beau parti de la ville et la courtisent donc ardemment.
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Eugénie Grandet
- Narrated by: Françoise Gillard
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 17-06-16
- Language: French
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La femme de trente ans
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Élodie Huber
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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"La femme de trente ans" évoque la condition féminine au travers du récit d'un mariage qui échoue. Julie de Chastillon est une jeune femme poussée trop vite dans le mariage et en quête permanente d'une rencontre amoureuse digne d'être vécue, elle devient adultère. Entre les déceptions dans l'intimité conjugale et le devoir de garder les apparences en société, Balzac nous fait le récit parfaitement réaliste d'une jeune femme "à qui le mariage ne [...] réussit point".
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La femme de trente ans
- Narrated by: Élodie Huber
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-07-16
- Language: French
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Le père Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Michel Vuillermoz
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Rastignac, resté seul, fit quelques pas vers le haut du cimetière et vit Paris tortueusement couché le long des deux rives de la Seine où commençaient à briller les lumières. Ses yeux s'attachèrent presque avidement entre la colonne Vendôme et le dôme des Invalides, là où vivait ce beau monde dans lequel il avait voulu pénétrer. Il lança sur cette ruche bourdonnante un regard qui semblait par avance pomper le miel, et dit ces mots grandioses : "À nous deux maintenant !"
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Le père Goriot
- Narrated by: Michel Vuillermoz
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 25-07-16
- Language: French
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Le cousin Pons
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Jean-Benoît L'Héritier
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Ce roman fait partie des "Scènes de la vie parisienne" dans la section "Les Parents pauvres" tout comme "La Cousine Bette". Pons, musicien sans fortune, bon et naïf, est traité en parent pauvre par sa riche famille, les Camusot de Marville. Le jour où ils découvrent que la collection d'objets d'art qu'il a accumulée est d'une immense valeur, ils le dépouillent et le font mourir.
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Le cousin Pons
- Narrated by: Jean-Benoît L'Héritier
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 24-06-16
- Language: French
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Le Curé de village
- La Comédie humaine - Scènes de la vie de campagne
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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"Le Curé de village" a pour personnage principale une femme, Véronique, une auvergnate dont la destinée aurait pu être banale. L'intrique se situe à Limoges où elle épouse un banquier venu de Paris grâce à la dote confortable que son père, ancien ferrailleur économe, a promis à ce dernier. Le couple est mal assorti mais la jeune femme finit par se lier avec la bonne société de la ville et à en être appréciée. C'est alors qu'un fait divers défraie la chronique et met en émoi toute la région.
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Le Curé de village
- La Comédie humaine - Scènes de la vie de campagne
- Narrated by: Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo
- Series: La Comédie Humaine
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 20-12-21
- Language: French
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The Unknown Masterpiece
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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"The unknown masterpiece", or "Le chef-d'œuvre inconnu", is a story by the French author Honoré de Balzac. This short text was of tremendous importance in the world of art, for it holds a groundbreaking reflection about artistic creation: what does completion or failure mean, and how is it that technique does not guarantee either. Paul Cézanne famously said "I am Frenhofer", identifying with the old master around which the story revolves. Pablo Picasso himself was absolutely fascinated by the text, so much that he had his studio moved in the Parisian street named in the story; there, he painted his own masterpiece, Guernica.
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The Unknown Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 25-02-16
- Language: English
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Lost Illusions- Two Poets
- By: Honoré de Balzac
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Immerse yourself in the world of Two Poets (1837), the opening installment of Balzac’s captivating Lost Illusions trilogy, which is intricately woven into his monumental work, La Comédie Humaine. Set against the backdrop of post-Napoleonic France, the narrative explores the tumultuous clash between the newly emerging bourgeoisie and the fading old aristocracy. We follow Lucien Chardon, an idealistic young man yearning to be a poet, alongside his steadfast friend David Séchard, who is caught between managing his father’s printing business and his deep affection for Lucien’s sister, Ève...
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Lost Illusions- A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
- By: Honoré de Balzac
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A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Un grand homme de province à Paris, 1839) is the second installment in Balzac’s captivating Lost Illusions trilogy, a cornerstone of his monumental work, La Comédie Humaine. Set against the backdrop of post-Napoleonic France, the narrative unfolds as the emerging bourgeoisie vies for status alongside the entrenched aristocracy. In the previous volume, Two Poets (1837), we were introduced to Lucien Chardon, a young poet feeling suffocated by the constraints of provincial life. Now, adopting the more aristocratic name de Rubempré, Lucien leaves his ...
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At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
- By: Honoré de Balzac
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Step into the enchanting world of Balzac’s early work, At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, first published in 1830 and later refined. The title, which translates to La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote, refers to a whimsical sign above a Parisian fabric shop where a cartoon cat plays racquetball. The shop is run by a family steeped in the narrow confines of bourgeois propriety, their lives upended by the arrival of a gifted young artist from an aristocratic background who charms their daughter. This beautifully woven tale captures the complexities of domestic life and the tensions that arise when ...
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Lost Illusions- Ève and David
- By: Honoré de Balzac
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Step into the world of post-Napoleonic France with Ève and David, the concluding volume of Balzac’s celebrated Lost Illusions trilogy, part of his monumental work, La Comédie Humaine. This gripping narrative follows Lucien Chardon, an aspiring poet, as he navigates the challenges of provincial life in the first volume, Two Poets. In the second volume, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Lucien, now adopting the more aristocratic name de Rubempré, seeks his fortune amidst the literary elite of Paris, only to face emotional and financial turmoil. In this final installment, we return to ...
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Old Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Balzac’s universally loved novel explores the great theme of money and its effect on the human character. Old Goriot is a lodger at Madame Vauquer’s Parisian boarding house. At first, his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are reduced, he is gradually shunned. He moves into smaller and less desirable rooms in the house, and soon his only remaining visitors are two beautiful young women. The mystery as to who they are and what is happening to Goriot’s fortune involves several other boarders, including Rastignac, an ambitious youth who hopes to rise in society.
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- By Mrs D. on 28-04-14
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Old Goriot
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 23-03-11
- Language: English
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Il padre Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Riccardo Forte
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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In una Parigi dominata dalla brama di denaro e di potenza, il giovane studente Eugène de Rastignac viene iniziato ai segreti del bel mondo. Ospite della pensione di madame Vauquer, scopre l'ipocrisia che si cela dappertutto, dietro l'amicizia, l'amore, la pietà, il matrimonio, sotto lo splendore aristocratico come nella mediocrità borghese. Capisce che il prezzo da pagare per aver successo è quello di sacrificare i propri ideali e le illusioni giovanili.
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- By elisabetta on 07-12-25
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Il padre Goriot
- Narrated by: Riccardo Forte
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-03-19
- Language: Italian
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