Honoré de Balzac
Father Goriot
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Le Père Goriot [Father Goriot]
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Publié en 1835 par Honoré de Balzac, Le Père Goriot est un roman emblématique de La Comédie humaine.
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Le Père Goriot [Father Goriot]
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 31-12-25
- Language: French
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Cousin Bette
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
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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5 out of 5 stars
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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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Illusions perdues
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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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1 out of 5 stars
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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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Le père Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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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5 out of 5 stars
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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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Cousin Bette
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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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3 out of 5 stars
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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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Father Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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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5 out of 5 stars
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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
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
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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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
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
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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Eugenie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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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5 out of 5 stars
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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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4 out of 5 stars
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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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La Rabouilleuse
- The Black Sheep; The Two Brothers
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
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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Colonel Chabert
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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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La cousine Bette
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Manon Combes
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
C'est le premier portrait de femme profondément destructrice, rancunière et laide que Balzac ait produit. Elle se voit apparentée à un animal malfaisant...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- By key E. on 22-08-18
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La cousine Bette
- Narrated by: Manon Combes
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 20-06-16
- Language: French
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Cousin Bette
- By: Sylvia Raphael - translator, Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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....
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Cousin Bette
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 08-04-13
- Language: English
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Eugénie Grandet
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Jonathan Fried
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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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1 out of 5 stars
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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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Pere Goriot
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
One of the greatest of French novelists, Balzac, trained as a lawyer, was a great judge of human nature....
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4 out of 5 stars
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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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Classic French Dramas starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 2
- By: Theatre Royal, Jules Romains, Honoré de Balzac, and others
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from the literature of France....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most enjoyable!
- By MR H on 08-09-23
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Classic French Dramas starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 58 mins
- Release date: 22-04-11
- Language: English
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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
- Unabridged
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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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Las ilusiones perdidas [The Lost Illusions]
- By: Honoré de Balzac, José Ramón Monreal Salvador
- Narrated by: Diego Rousselon
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Las ilusiones perdidas [The Lost Illusions]
- Narrated by: Diego Rousselon
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 18-11-21
- Language: Spanish
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