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Featured Article: J'adore—The Best French Authors to Listen to Now
Ah, France—the food. The wine. The style. From the City of Lights to the countryside, France is one of the most popular tourist destination spots in the world. But whether your French travel plans are on hold or you’re ready to take a virtual trip now, French literature is one of the best ways to get to know France’s fascinating history, people, and culture. Discover three centuries of the best French authors and their greatest works.
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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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Narrator!
- By Murasaki on 12-03-06
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Cousin Bette
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 11-22-06
- Language: English
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Las ilusiones perdidas [The Lost Illusions]
- By: Honoré de Balzac, José Ramón Monreal Salvador
- Narrated by: Diego Rousselon
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
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Obra maestra de Balzac, Las ilusiones perdidas cuenta la historia de un joven de provincias con ambiciones artísticas que sueña con triunfar en París....
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Balzac, Balzac
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Las ilusiones perdidas [The Lost Illusions]
- Narrated by: Diego Rousselon
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 11-18-21
- Language: Spanish
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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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Bonne lecture mais attention aux liaisons
- By gilles on 04-03-23
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Illusions perdues
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 11-22-19
- Language: French
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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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Thought provoking tale by Balzac
- By Simon Brodie on 07-05-21
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Colonel Chabert
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-21-21
- 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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Brutal poetic justice
- By Tad Davis on 06-23-20
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La Rabouilleuse
- The Black Sheep; The Two Brothers
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 06-24-19
- 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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A minor masterpiece
- By Jack Rock on 03-04-18
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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...
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 02-12-19
- 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: 07-01-13
- Language: French
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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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Roman magnifique et encore si vrai aujourd’hui
- By SANDRINE on 06-09-24
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Le père Goriot
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-25-16
- 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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A deep listen
- By Anonymous User on 08-31-24
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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: 06-22-23
- 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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Astounding performance
- By Laurence Grey on 04-05-21
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Father Goriot
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 07-21-18
- Language: English
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Le Pere Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of the aging resident Goriot....
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balzac rocks
- By beatrice on 03-12-10
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Le Pere Goriot
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 01-05-07
- 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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Eugenie Grandet
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-11-17
- Language: English
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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 Fthe rench author Honoré de Balzac...
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overpriced but an excellent book
- By T on 02-01-18
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The Unknown Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-25-16
- Language: English
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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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Unpleasant people
- By Tad Davis on 06-08-14
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Eugénie Grandet
- Narrated by: Jonathan Fried
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-24-13
- Language: English
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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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A Masterpiece!
- By Huntress of Erudition on 10-07-23
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Cousin Bette
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 05-12-20
- Language: English
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Eugenia Grandet [Eugenie Grandet]
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Honorato de Balzac
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Una de las novelas mas impresionantes de su ciclo "La comedia humana"....
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Mujer estúpida...
- By ATREYU on 04-11-17
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Eugenia Grandet [Eugenie Grandet]
- Narrated by: Honorato de Balzac
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-19-06
- Language: Spanish
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Sarrasine
- By: Honoré De Balzac
- Narrated by: John Lang
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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"Sarrasine" (1830) is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, part of his Comédie Humaine. The stage is set around midnight during a ball, the...
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Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées [Memoirs of Two Young Brides]
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Chloé Minair
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées nous plonge dans l'intimité de deux amies d'enfance, Louise de Chaulieu et Renée de Maucombe, qui, à travers une correspondance bouleversante, révèlent leurs âmes et leurs destins contrastés.
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Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées [Memoirs of Two Young Brides]
- Narrated by: Chloé Minair
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-20-24
- Language: French
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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....
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Horrible narrator
- By Diana on 03-30-11
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Old Goriot
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-23-11
- Language: English
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