A Harlot High and Low
24 hrs. 50 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Honoré de Balzac
Author
Honoré de Balzac
Narrator
Alexey Bagdasarov
Narrator
Alexey Bagdasarov
A large-scale work from “The Human Comedy” tells the painful path to fame and wealth of a poor but talented poet, Lucien Chardon du Ryopeambre.
Lucien managed to enter high society: now he is no longer a poor poet, but the protégé of Abbé Kerreri. However, patronage does not come for free, and Lucien is forced to pretend feelings for a rich heiress while hiding from the whole world his true love. Meanwhile, a terrible secret of Abbé Kerreri threatens to destroy them all…
Balzac skillfully and with biting sarcasm paints a life full of contrasts in the capital: here are luxurious parties of aristocracy and the impoverished artistic bohemia, cunning intrigues and boundless treachery. This big and important novel is delightfully unhurried and, at the same time, has not lost any of its relevance: it is a real “encyclopedia of French life,” revealing the workings of society’s subtle mechanisms to readers.
Lucien managed to enter high society: now he is no longer a poor poet, but the protégé of Abbé Kerreri. However, patronage does not come for free, and Lucien is forced to pretend feelings for a rich heiress while hiding from the whole world his true love. Meanwhile, a terrible secret of Abbé Kerreri threatens to destroy them all…
Balzac skillfully and with biting sarcasm paints a life full of contrasts in the capital: here are luxurious parties of aristocracy and the impoverished artistic bohemia, cunning intrigues and boundless treachery. This big and important novel is delightfully unhurried and, at the same time, has not lost any of its relevance: it is a real “encyclopedia of French life,” revealing the workings of society’s subtle mechanisms to readers.
Gobseck
(narrated by
Alexander Alekseev-Valua)
Father Goriot
(narrated by
Ivan Kalinin)
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Poor Relations
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
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A Harlot High and Low
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Eugénie Grandet
(narrated by
Margarita Zakharia)
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The Deserted Woman
(narrated by
Galina Rozinova)
Gobseck
(narrated by
Nikolay Koziy)
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