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Le lys dans la vallée
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Philippe Lejour
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Felix de Vandenesse, cadet rejeté d'une famille noble mais ruinée, tombe amoureux d'une femme magnifique, généreuse et honnête : la comtesse de Mortsauf. Mariée à un homme sombre, lunatique et mélancolique, mère de deux enfants dont l'aîné est gravement malade, elle trouve en Felix une échappatoire à ses ennuis familiaux et domestiques. Mais sa droiture l'oblige à un amour chaste et platonique. Elle se met en devoir de donner aides et conseils à son ami.
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Le lys dans la vallée
- Narrated by: Philippe Lejour
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 28-04-16
- Language: French
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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 book in Balzac’s Lost Illusions trilogy, which is part of his sweeping set of novels collectively titled La Comédie Humaine. The story is set in post-Napoleonic France, when the new bourgeoisie was jostling for position alongside the old aristocracy. In the first volume of the trilogy (Two Poets, 1837), we met Lucien Chardon, an aspiring poet who feels stymied by the pettiness of provincial life. In the present volume, Lucien, now using the more aristocratic-sounding surname "de Rubempré," leaves ...
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Second Home
- By: Honoré de Balzac
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This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the title was changed to “Une double famille” (“A double family”). For Balzac, success in marital relations depended on partners being well matched both in temperament and in social class. In this story, a young lawyer marries a childhood friend, only to discover too late that she has become narrow-mindedly religious. She is described as a “bigot.” (In French, the word specifically suggests religious prudery more than it does in English.) To ...
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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
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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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Forbidden Love - Short Stories
- By: Joseph Conrad, Honore de Balzac, Elizabeth Gaskell, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Love has many forms, many needs. Some fall into the dark, into the shadows. Forbidden love has connotations of desire, of possession but also of matters far more unsavoury. It’s a delicate facet of love that our classic authors explain with careful words and superbly crafted narratives.
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Forbidden Love - Short Stories
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-01-25
- 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: 27-08-26
- 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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Les chouans
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Alain Lawrence
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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En 1799, sous la Révolution française, des paysans bretons s'arment pour le retour du roi et contre la troupe républicaine du commandant Hulot. Une aristocrate, Marie de Verneuil, est envoyée par Joseph Fouché pour séduire et capturer leur chef, le Marquis de Montauran, dit le Gars. Elle doit être aidée par un policier habile, ambitieux et peu scrupuleux, Corentin. Cependant, elle tombe amoureuse de sa cible.
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Les chouans
- Narrated by: Alain Lawrence
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 02-07-15
- 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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Le Pere Goriot
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-11-16
- Language: English
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 20 hrs
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Par cette fresque aux allures de roman policier, Balzac dépeint et fustige les incohérences sociales, politiques et judiciaires de son époque. Paru sous forme de feuilleton entre 1838 et 1847, "Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes" est un roman foisonnant de personnages hauts en couleur mêlant intrigues amoureuses et policières dans le Paris interlope du XIXème siècle. Le jeune et beau Lucien, monté à la capitale avec des ambitions littéraires sera confronté aux milieux du crime et de la prostitution, tombera sous l'emprise d'un ancien bagnard.
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 12-02-19
- 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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700 citations des grands écrivains français du XIXème siècle
- By: Victor Hugo, Stendhal, Gustave Flaubert, and others
- Narrated by: Nicolas Planchais, Élodie Huber
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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Le XIXe siècle en France est un âge d'or littéraire, marqué par des courants très affirmés comme le romantisme, le réalisme, le naturalisme ou le symbolisme, et une évolution moderne de la poésie et du roman qui donna naissance à des chefs-d’œuvre en nombre inégalé. Cette collection de citations présente la pensée de sept figures incontournables du XIXe siècle sous forme concise et accessible.
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700 citations des grands écrivains français du XIXème siècle
- Narrated by: Nicolas Planchais, Élodie Huber
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 27-12-17
- 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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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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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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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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Gambara
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Françoise Malettra
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Roman de l'absolu dans l'art et dans l'amour, "Gambara" est une réflexion sur l'écart entre la théorie et la pratique, le savoir et l'inspiration, la femme idéale et la femme réelle. Balzac a écrit en 1839 l'histoire du Signore Paolo Gambara, musicien pauvre qui rêve de composer un opéra, "Mahomet", et ne parvient pas à l'écrire. Pas plus qu'il ne parvient à reconnaître chez sa propre femme les sentiments qu'il prête à l'épouse de son héros.
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Gambara
- Narrated by: Françoise Malettra
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 14-12-04
- Language: French
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La peau de chagrin
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Jacques Roland
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Dans "La Peau de chagrin", un de ses premiers romans à coloration fantastique, Balzac nous dévoile le mythe sans doute le plus central dans "La Comédie Humaine"...
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La peau de chagrin
- Narrated by: Jacques Roland
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-07-13
- 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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