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Short Stories About Survival
- By: Honore de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, Jack London, and others
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you alive. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face.
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Short Stories About Survival
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-15-23
- 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: 02-12-19
- 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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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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Крестьяне [The Peasants]
- By: Honore de Balzac
- Narrated by: Yaroslav Lukashev
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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Роман "Крестьяне" был создан Бальзаком в последний период его творчества. Роман строится на показе широких социальных явлений, на драматическом столкновении массовых материальных интересов. Ни в одном другом своем произведении не ставил с такой мужественной правдивостью и прямотой вопрос о существовании двух наций внутри одного общества - нации господ и рабов, имущих и неимущих, хозяев жизни и обездоленных.
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Крестьяне [The Peasants]
- Narrated by: Yaroslav Lukashev
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-01-23
- Language: Russian
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La maison du chat qui pelote
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Alain Lawrence
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Ce récit écrit en 1829 sera placé, plus tard, par Balzac en ouverture de la Comédie humaine. On y retrouve la trame de ce que seront les romans la composant et l’on y croise déjà les héros des autres épisodes. Tout y préfigure la grande oeuvre de Balzac : les descriptions minutieuses, l’analyse profonde des sentiments, l’histoire dramatique. C’est, en ces quelques pages, une miniature parfaite de tout ce qui suivra.
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La maison du chat qui pelote
- Narrated by: Alain Lawrence
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-19-23
- Language: French
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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. Gallant cousin Charles arrives and acts as a catalyst on Eugénie's personality and emotions. Will her love survive the strong self-opinion of the young man and the selfishness of her father or is Eugénie's reward destined to be in heaven?
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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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Cousin Bette
- By: Sylvia Raphael - translator, Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
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Honore de Balzac's classic book of revenge and passion in which the title character Bette plots the destruction of various men including her cousin-in-law, Baron Hector Hulot. Bette enlists the help of Valérie, an unhappily married young woman, to seduce Hulot, destroy his life, and take his family's fortune.
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Sweat Land of Libertine (Hell Hath No Fury....)
- By W Perry Hall on 02-02-14
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Cousin Bette
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-08-13
- 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, but he is buried anonymously on the battlefield in a mass grave. Incredibly, he is alive, but severely injured, and digs himself out. On his eventual return to Paris, he finds his wife, the beautiful and ambitious Rosine, now remarried, and his fortune gone.
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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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The Black Sheep (Classic Serial)
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Whitehead
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Chris Dolan's dramatisation of Honore de Balzac's entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France. Episode 1:After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Philippe Bridau becomes a reckless gambler who steals from his mother to finance his obsession. She foolishly continues to idolise him, and it is left to his more dependable brother Joseph to rescue the family from destitution. Episode 2: Philippe's gambling has left his family destitute and his political activities have landed him in jail.
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The Black Sheep (Classic Serial)
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Whitehead
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-09-13
- Language: English
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The Magic Skin
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: John Bolen
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it." Raphael, a failed writer, deep in debt, and unrequited in love, is about to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Just in time, he discovers the "Magic Skin" in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant every wish but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of 19th century France.
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poor reading
- By Maria on 02-04-04
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The Magic Skin
- Narrated by: John Bolen
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 10-18-02
- Language: English
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Esplendores y miserias de las cortesanas [Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans]
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: José Luis Espina
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Una bellísima cortesana, casi adolescente y enamorada, un poeta-vividor, también enamorado, y un ex convicto serán los personajes centrales de esta novela que, aunque escrita con estilo irregular, corrobora una vez más el genio creativo del autor -aglutinador de psicologías y entornos sociales-, capaz de captar la complejidad universal, pasada y presente, de la condición humana.
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Esplendores y miserias de las cortesanas [Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans]
- Narrated by: José Luis Espina
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 03-28-23
- Language: Spanish
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Scary Halloween Stories
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jerome K. Jerome, and others
- Narrated by: Nelson Olmsted, Laurence Olivier, Basil Rathbone
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Nine spine-chilling stories from Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jerome K. Jerome, read by Laurence Olivier, Nelson Olmsted, and Basil Rathbone.
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Boring and hard to find the story
- By Just me on 10-27-11
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Scary Halloween Stories
- Narrated by: Nelson Olmsted, Laurence Olivier, Basil Rathbone
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 06-29-10
- Language: English
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La Bourse
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Maxime Laine
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Ce roman revient sur un des thèmes favoris de Balzac, l'art et l'amour. Cette fable illustre l'adage "Il faut se méfier des apparences" en mettant en scène un jeune peintre talentueux, et reconnu comme tel, qui va tomber amoureux d'une jeune fille noble, mais pauvre. En dépit des apparences souvent trompeuses, il saura écouter son cœur et reconnaître l'être aimé.
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La Bourse
- Narrated by: Maxime Laine
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-16-13
- Language: French
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Développer sa culture générale avec 10 nouvelles essentielles
- By: Honoré de Balzac, Nicolas Gogol, Guy de Maupassant, and others
- Narrated by: Patrick Blandin, Rémi Pous, Delphine Théodore, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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Développez votre culture générale et profitez du plaisir de la narration, avec une sélection de nouvelles par les plus grands écrivains, choisies pour leur qualité et aussi pour leur caractère inhabituel. Cette collection vous emmènera du fantastique au désespoir de l'artiste ou de l'écrivain jusqu'à l'humour surréel, avec une narration vivante et talentueuse.
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A truly weird selection of short stories
- By R. Debrigard on 01-07-22
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Développer sa culture générale avec 10 nouvelles essentielles
- Narrated by: Patrick Blandin, Rémi Pous, Delphine Théodore, Nicolas Planchais
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-15-18
- Language: French
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La duchesse de Langeais
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Fanny Ardant
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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C'est en 1833 qu'Honoré de Balzac écrit "La duchesse de Langeais". A la base de ce roman, le désir de se venger de la marquise de Castries dont il était amoureux et qui l'avait joué. Dans cette transmutation de la réalité en fiction, l'idée de vengeance se perd, et s'élève un chant qui porte l'amour au-delà des règles communes.
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La duchesse de Langeais
- Narrated by: Fanny Ardant
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 01-31-05
- Language: French
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The Elixir of Life
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 53 mins
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The spoiled son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Juan Belvidero cannot wait for the moment to claim the family wealth and title for himself. His father calls to his death-bed to inform him that he is in possession of a magic, death-defying potion. If the son will only rub the liquid on his dead body, the father will come back to life. Don Juan assures his father that he will resurrect him, but will he keep his promise or betray the old man?
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The Elixir of Life
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 53 mins
- Release date: 04-19-18
- Language: English
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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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Classic French Dramas Starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 04-25-11
- Language: English
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1100 Quotations from the Great French Writers of the 19th Century
- By: François de La Rochefoucauld, Alphonse de Lamartine, François-René de Chateaubriand, and others
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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"1100 Quotations from the Great French Writers of the 19th Century" is a wonderful collection of wit and wisdom from some of the greatest French writers ever. From Guy de Maupassant and Honoré de Balzac to Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, this carefully crafted collection is guaranteed to inspire and entertain. Ideal for those needing a dose of encouragement. These French literary giants are responsible for some of the worlds most famous works, including "The Three Musketeers", "Les Misérables", "Madame Bovary" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame".
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1100 Quotations from the Great French Writers of the 19th Century
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-19-23
- Language: English
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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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Balzac, único.
- By Jorge Cuauhtemoc on 07-30-21
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Le cousin Pons
- Narrated by: Jean-Benoît L'Héritier
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-24-16
- 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: 12-27-17
- Language: French
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