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In this audiobook, I first read the poem in slow enunciated French then use simple, everyday French language to explain each individual verse. I then talk about the life of the author, give a full analysis of the poem and finally re-read the poem at a faster speed with a more personal interpretation. Not only is it a great cultural subject but it's a fantastic way to learn new vocabulary, verb tenses and improve your understanding of deeper conversations.

As one of the greatest novels of all time, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables takes the listeneron a journey into the turbulent Parisian underworld. With breathtaking realism, Hugo recreates the dark world of the 1832 uprising and the sad but meaningful struggle between good and evil. In Les Misérables, Victor Hugo introduces one of the most beloved fictional characters of classic literature, Jean Valjean, who is best known for his imprisonment for the minor offense of stealing a loaf of bread.

Véhément plaidoyer contre la peine de mort, ce journal d'un condamné à mort nous livre les derniers instants et les dernières pensées d'un homme qui va bientôt être guillotiné sur la Place de Grève. "Condamné à mort ! Voilà cinq semaines que j'habite avec cette pensée, toujours seul avec elle, toujours glacé de sa présence, toujours courbé sous son poids ! Autrefois, car il me semble qu'il y a plutôt des années que des semaines, j'étais un homme comme un autre homme."

Le très talentueux comédien Gérard Philipe nous interprète avec Maria Casarès les 25 plus beaux poèmes de la langue française, les œuvres de Baudelaire, Victor Hugo, Mallarmé, Verlaine et bien d'autres auteurs de légende.

An enchanting collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written by notable French authors.

Au début du dix-neuvième siècle, un ouvrier nommé Claude Gueux vit à Paris avec sa maîtresse et leur enfant. Un hiver, le feu et le pain manquent. Alors, Claude Gueux décide de voler. Il en résultera trois jours de pain et de chauffage pour la femme et pour l'enfant, et cinq ans de prison pour Claude Gueux à la prison de Clairvaux. Là, une confrontation va s'engager entre Claude Gueux et le directeur des ateliers de la prison.

Andre Germaine has been condemned by the law of the state and freaky circumstance. He has been accused of his own murder and of a crime against his own family. He fought under Boneparte, he served his country, married and fathered a child, but all those things come to nothing in the cell of the condemned. He believes it is the working of a curse placed upon his father to last through all the generations of the line for having loved too well a woman who was promised to another man.

This 1937 radio dramatization was written, produced, and performed by none other than the incomparable Orson Welles of War of the Worlds fame. The story of the book is faithfully retold (with questionable subjects carefully camouflaged) and is suitable for students aged 10 and older. This live recording, masterfully performed by an incredible professional cast, includes sound effects, music, and an unforgettable story.

The gallows, the rack, and angry mobs are part of the menace in this horrific novel set in 15th century Paris. Quasimodo, the kind-hearted, hunchbacked bell ringer and the lovely La Esmaralda struggle to survive the brutality that surrounds them.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (original French title, Notre-Dame de Paris) is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. It tells the story of a poor Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo), one of the most colorful characters in literature, who falls in love with her. They are both victimized by a corrupt priest (Claude Frollo) and begin an adventure filled with great peril and great heroism.

Jean Valjean is one of society's victims. A poor but honest peasant, he is caught stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family and is sent to prison. By the time of his eventual release, he has become a hardened criminal, but his friendship with the saintly Monseigneur Bienvenu gives him another chance at life. This new, respectable life is precarious, for Valjean is still sought by the law, in the person of the implacable Inspector Javert.

"Véritable visite guidée à travers la poésie française des cinq derniers siècles le présent disque propose un florilège consacré aux animaux. De du Bellay à Bataille, en passant par La Fontaine, Florian, Hugo, Verlaine et tant d'autres, nous invitons les enfants à découvrir la poésie à travers un thème original et cher à tous. La lecture des 31 poèmes choisis a été confiée à deux grandes voix féminines : Isabelle Carré et Rachida Brakni. La voix douce et quasi enfantine d'Isabelle Carré ravira jeunes et grands. Cristalline et pénétrante, celle de Rachida Brakni séduira par sa force"

Un condenado a muerte anónimo decide escribir en una especie de diario las últimas horas de su vida. La incertidumbre, la soledad, la angustia y el terror se suceden en un relato que finaliza justo cuando la ejecución va a producirse. A través del sufrimiento del narrador, conel que llega a identificarse el lector, la novela niega cualquier valor positivo a la pena de muerte: es injusta, inhumana y cruel, y la sociedad que la aplica es responsable de un crimen como cualquier otro.

Quasimodo is abandoned as a baby on the steps of Notre Dame. He becomes a bell-ringer there, but in order to hide his grotesque features he spends his life virtually imprisoned in a tower. While there, he becomes obsessed by Esmerelda, a gipsy who dances in the square below. A tragic and moving tale.

Victor Hugo is one of the best-known French writers, and is part of the greatest literary figures of all time. His poetry made him famous very early, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest lyric poets when he was only 20 years old. He was also a novelist and a dramatist, and furthered the cause of Romanticism, this exalted artistic movement which toyed with Sublime and soared on the winds of emotion.

Es una historia que gira en torno a la vida del ex presidiario Jean Valjean, quien, regenerado tras 19 años de presidio por robar pan para alimentarse, sigue cargando con su oscuro pasado. Obligado a llevar pasaporte amarillo que prueba su condición de ex presidiario es rechazado por la sociedad, hasta encontrarse con Monseñor Myriel, que le concede el perdón por haberle robado a cambio de que se comprometa a hacer el bien. Desde entonces Jean Valjean decide dedicar su vida a la filantropía.

Jan Valjean, que despues de ir a la carcel por robar un pedazo de pan, es inmisericordemente perseguido por un agente de la autoridad, Valjean, que trata de mostrar que el pasado ha convertido al hombre en un criminal.

Récit magistral, "Les travailleurs de la mer" est un hommage de Victor Hugo à l’île de Guernesey et à ses habitants. Au travers de l'épopée de Gilliatt, son génie de la langue dépeint la majesté de sa nouvelle terre d'accueil dont il s'éprend pendant ses 15 années d'exil. Gilliatt, pêcheur solitaire et homme bon, s'engage par amour dans le plus impraticable et insensé des projets : sauver de l'écueil la machine échouée de la Durande.

Lectio Divina de hoy, dirigida por el obispo de la Diócesis de Escuintla, Guatemala, Monseñor Víctor Hugo Palma. Lectio divina, entendida como la “lectura orante de la Palabra”. La Lectio Divina es la lectura de la Sagrada Escritura de un modo no académico, sino espiritual, lo que nos permitirá “conocer a Jesús de un modo cada vez más personal, escuchándolo, viviendo con él, estando con él, siendo sus amigos, en una comunión de pensamiento que “no es algo meramente intelectual, sino también una comunión de sentimientos y de voluntad, y por tanto también del obrar”.

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