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In the crowded boardinghouse of Paris, everyone is chasing something—money, love, status, or escape. Among them lives Père Goriot, an aging former pasta maker who has sacrificed everything for his two daughters, women now glittering in high society who barely acknowledge the father who made their lives possible. Watching it all unfold is Eugène de Rastignac, an ambitious young law student determined to rise in a world where success often demands the death of innocence.

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. Out of kindness, they bring Lisbeth to Paris, where she falls in love with the artist Wenceslas, her protege. However, when she is jilted for Adeline's daughter Hortense, her jealousy and rage exponentially intensify, and she resolves to bring the Hulot family to ruin, employing the cold seductress Valerie Marneffe as her vehicle for revenge.

Felix Grandet, having married well and become a wealthy landowner and wine-grower, is a miser who watches like a hawk the sugar lumps and the bread slices. The question of who will marry his daughter and inherit his fortune fuels endless speculation in the town of Saumur. The arrival of Eugénie’s cousin sparks feelings and a resolve that puts her on a collision course with her father’s control. As the years pass and she must navigate the self-interest of potential suitors, we see how habits manifest themselves in a new generation.

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.

Ambientato nella Saumur ottocentesca, Eugénie Grandet di Honoré de Balzac è uno dei vertici della narrativa europea. Protagonista è Félix Grandet, ricco bottaio divenuto simbolo di avarizia, capace di accumulare ricchezze evitando ogni spesa. La sua famiglia vive in un clima grigio e oppressivo, dominato dalla sua volontà. In questo ambiente cresce Eugénie, giovane dal carattere mite e profondamente sensibile, la cui esistenza scorre in un equilibrio fragile, destinato a incrinarsi con l'arrivo di un elemento esterno che introduce nuovi desideri, aspirazioni e contraddizioni.

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"...

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...

Enjoy the short stories of three of the greatest writers of French literature, for the first time assembled together in audiobook and narrated in a lively way. Guy de Maupassant was an absolute master of the short story genre, delighting in clever plotting, concise style, and efficient storytelling, which he used to produce stunning pieces in a very condensed format. He produced more than 300 short stories; we selected for you nine of the most bizarre, influent, humorous or plain shocking.

主人公高老头是法国大革命时期起家的面粉商人，中年丧妻，把自己所有的爱都倾注在两个女儿身上，可他的两个女儿生活放荡、挥金如土，他的爱轻而易举就被金钱至上的原则战胜了…… 主人公高老頭是法國大革命時期起家的麵粉商人，中年喪妻，把自己所有的愛都傾注在兩個女兒身上，可他的兩個女兒生活放蕩、揮金如土，他的愛輕而易舉就被金錢至上的原則戰勝了……

One of the greatest of French novelists, Balzac, trained as a lawyer, was a great judge of human nature. In 1833 he conceived the idea of linking together his novels so that they would comprehend the whole society in a series of books. This plan eventually led to 90 novels and novellas (including more than 2,000 characters) that he called "The Human Comedy". Balzac's huge and ambitious plan drew a picture of the customs, atmosphere, and habits of the bourgeois France.

Le jeune Nicolas Poussin, encore inconnu, rend visite au peintre Franz Porbus, le portraitiste officiel du roi Henri IV. Poussin y rencontre le vieux maître Frenhofer. Frenhofer a appris l'art de la peinture auprès des plus grands maîtres, et semble en connaître tous les secrets. Il travaille depuis de longues années sur un mystérieux chef-d'œuvre, qui sera le couronnement de sa carrière. Poussin et Porbus tentent de persuader Frenhofer de leur présenter ce mystérieux chef-d'œuvre.

Julie, lebensfroh und willensstark, schlägt die Warnungen ihres Vaters in den Wind und heiratet den Offizier Marquis d'Aiglemont. Doch der Triumph über ihre selbstbestimmte Heirat währt nicht lang. Bald erkennt Julie, dass ihr Ehemann zwar rechtschaffen und zuvorkommend aber auch distanziert und sterbenslangweilig ist. Verzweifelt versucht sie ihrem goldenen Käfig zu entfliehen und findet, inzwischen dreißig Jahre alt, Trost in den Armen des Diplomaten Charles de Vandenesse - eine Affäre mit tödlichen Folgen.

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...

Dalla provincia francese di Angoulême alle strade tumultuose di Parigi si consuma il destino di Lucien Chardon, giovane poeta deciso a trasformare il proprio talento in gloria. Ma la capitale, scintillante e crudele, lo trascinerà in un mondo di seduzioni, intrighi e rivalità spietate, dove il successo ha un prezzo e le illusioni si pagano care. Accanto a lui, nell'ombra della provincia, David Séchard, tipografo onesto e idealista, lotta per perfezionare un'invenzione capace di cambiare il loro futuro.

Deux récits enchâssés, au croisement du réalisme et du fantastique ; une nouvelle presque oubliée, que sa redécouverte classa parmi les plus grands textes de la littérature ; un jeu complexe d'imbrications entre sculpture, musique et littérature : Sarrasine est un des textes les plus séduisants de Balzac. Une jeune femme ne peut s'empêcher de remarquer le vieillard décharné, pareil à un spectre, qui hante un coin d'une brillante soirée parisienne.

Impoverished young aristocrat Eugene de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying at the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris's rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. The boarders strike up a friendship and Goriot learns of Rastignac's feelings for his daughter Delphine. He begins to see Rastignac as the ideal son-in-law, and the perfect substitute for Delphine's domineering husband. But Rastignac has other opportunities too....

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. When Agathe is reduced to poverty and Philippe accrues gambling debts, the family join forces to focus their attentions on Agathe's brother, Jean-Jacques Rouget, heir to the family fortune. The struggle for his inheritance pits the family against Rouget's beautiful maid Flore ("La Rabouilleuse"), the apple of her master's eye, and her crafty lover.

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.

Honore de Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He was a keen observer of detail and presented in his stories an unfiltered representation of society. He is known for his multi-faceted characters. Even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Christ In Flanders is a story of faith..and a miracle.

Le "illusioni perdute", pubblicato in tre parti fra il 1837 e il 1843, sono quelle di Luciano mentre affronta il mondo letterario alla ricerca di un suo futuro, ma anche quella della famiglia nei suoi confronti riguardanti le proprie capacità e qualità personali. Questo è uno dei libri più lunghi dell'intera "Commedia Umana", e, nel giudizio di molti tra cui Marcel Proust, è anche il migliore scritto dall'autore.