La duchesse de Langeais

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La duchesse de Langeais

By: Honoré de Balzac

Narrated by: Fanny Ardant

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"Le Français devina que, dans ce désert, sur ce rocher entouré par la mer, la religieuse s'était emparée de la musique pour y jeter le surplus de passion qui la dévorait. Était-ce un hommage fait à Dieu de son amour, était-ce le triomphe de l'amour sur Dieu ? Questions difficiles à décider. Mais, certes, le général ne put douter qu'il ne retrouvât en ce cœur mort au monde une passion tout aussi brûlante que l'était la sienne."
H.B.

C'est en 1833 qu'Honoré de Balzac écrit La duchesse de Langeais. À 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. Texte de passion sur la passion, où aimer et être aimé(e) se joue à contre-temps dans la cruauté du monde, La duchesse de Langeais donne à l'amour la grandeur du sublime.©Domaine public (P)desfemmes

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