Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac: Pere Goriot, The Black Sheep & More
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Cousin Bette
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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Lisbeth Fischer has lived in the shadow of her beautiful cousin Adeline for much of her life. Pampered while Lisbeth works in the fields, Adeline makes an enviable leap in status when Baron Hulot offers her his hand in marriage....
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Fantastic book superbly told
- By Malik Maliki on 16-10-21
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Cousin Bette
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-05-20
- Language: English
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Cousin Bette
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel's title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge....
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Slightly underwhelming!
- By Richard H on 12-06-20
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Cousin Bette
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 22-11-06
- Language: English
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Le père Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Voici donc l'histoire de ce père Goriot, vermicellien ayant fait fortune et qui, tel l'Albatros de Baudelaire, se déchirera les entrailles pour élever ses enfants...
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Classic masterpiece
- By Gabriel Jianu on 21-09-17
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Le père Goriot
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 25-02-16
- Language: French
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Short Stories About Suicide
- By: Guy de Maupassant, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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Life has the capacity of great moments and attainment, of lives well lived, fulfilling for ourselves and for those we touch. But for others life is arduous. There is no spark to ignite the curiosity, to explore and achieve a stability and a growth to their lives....
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Short Stories About Suicide
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 22-06-23
- Language: English
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La Rabouilleuse
- The Black Sheep; The Two Brothers
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Brothers Philippe and Joseph Bridau are completely unalike: Philippe, braggart and soldier, formerly aide-de-camp to Napoleon, is their mother Agathe's favorite; Joseph, a poor and aspiring artist, is raised in his brother's shadow....
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La Rabouilleuse
- The Black Sheep; The Two Brothers
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-06-19
- Language: English
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Father Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs
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Impoverished young aristocrat Eugene de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. He encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker....
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Incredible narration of an excellent book
- By Dublin listener on 04-01-20
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Father Goriot
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 21-07-18
- Language: English
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Honoré de Balzac: Pere Goriot, The Black Sheep & More
- Four BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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This brilliant collection of France’s foremost nineteenth-century novelist and playwright delivers four of his most fascinating works - stories of love, rivalry, horror and adventure - all brought to life by a stellar cast included Stephen Fry and Alex Kingston....
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Honoré de Balzac: Pere Goriot, The Black Sheep & More
- Four BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, Geoffrey Banks, Alex Kingston, Denys Hawthorne, Ronald Herdman, David Calder, Dorien Thomas, Geoffrey Whitehead, Thomas Arnold, Elizabeth Cassidy, Matthew Pidgeon, full cast
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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Illusions perdues
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
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Inspiré à Balzac par son expérience dans l'imprimerie, Illusions perdues raconte l'échec de Lucien de Rubempré, jeune provincial épris de gloire littéraire...
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Lecture très mauvaise
- By JJ Schmitt on 05-12-22
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Illusions perdues
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 22-11-19
- Language: French
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Eugénie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Jonathan Fried
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Hailed as the father of the naturalist novel, French author and playwright Honoré de Balzac left a legacy of treasured literary works that include Père Goriot and Cousin Bette....
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Inappropriate narrator
- By leeB on 29-01-18
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Eugénie Grandet
- Narrated by: Jonathan Fried
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 24-12-13
- Language: English
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Eugenie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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At the beginning of the story the heroine lives an unfulfilled life in rural France, her nature crushed by a domineering and miserly father....
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Fabulous
- By JellyTot on 31-05-21
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Eugenie Grandet
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-10-17
- Language: English
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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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This is a heart-wrenching story of a man driven to poverty by the selfless acts and the overwhelming love and devotion that he has for his two daughters....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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 fille aux yeux d'or
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Martine Childe
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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Niché au cœur de Paris, l’hôtel particulier des San-Réal est une enclave orientale qui abrite les amours saphiques de la marquise de...
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La fille aux yeux d'or
- Narrated by: Martine Childe
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-03-23
- 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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Pere Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 11 hrs
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One of the greatest of French novelists, Balzac, trained as a lawyer, was a great judge of human nature....
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King Lear meets the French Novel
- By Steve on 21-11-05
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Pere Goriot
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 08-04-04
- Language: English
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Colonel Chabert
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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In the brutal Prussian winter of 1807, Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée suffered massive losses to the Russians in the Battle of Eylau. Many thousands died. Young Colonel Chabert falls heroically, his actions having turned the tide of the battle....
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Colonel Chabert
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 21-06-21
- Language: English
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Eugénie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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Dans la ville de Saumur vit modestement la famille Grandet : le père Felix Grandet ex-tonnelier devenu richissime après de fructueuses spéculations...
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Eugénie Grandet
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 21-04-23
- Language: French
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Sarrasine [French Version]
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Anne-Sophie Robin
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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Deux récits enchâssés, au croisement du réalisme et du fantastique ; une nouvelle presque oubliée, que sa redécouverte classa parmi les plus grands textes...
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Sarrasine [French Version]
- Narrated by: Anne-Sophie Robin
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Release date: 31-05-16
- 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...
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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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