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Les Cent Livres des Hommes

1970 - 1973

Le Petit Prince de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

7th June 1970
Episode 1
'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. An introduction to the poetic and philosophical universe of Saint-Exupéry, blending analysis and adaptation of his masterpiece.

Le Petit Chose

3rd February 1971
Episode 2
'Little Good-For-Nothing' or 'Little What's-His-Name' by Alphonse Daudet.

Le Noeud de vipères

7th April 1971
Episode 3
'The Knot of Vipers' by François Mauriac. A reading of Mauriac's novel that combines personal accounts with adapted scenes.

La Chartreuse de Parme

17th November 1971
Episode 4
'The Charterhouse of Parma' by Stendhal.

Du côté de chez Swann

22nd December 1971
Episode 5
'Swann's Way' by Marcel Proust.

A la recherche du temps perdu

22nd December 1971
Episode 6
A realistic and poetic evocation of Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time.' Halfway between an audiovisual adaptation and a portrait of the dandyish and reclusive writer, all in black and white by Claude Santelli, evoking the mystery, the intimacy, and the fatalism of existence.

Martin Eden

24th January 1972
Episode 7
'Martin Eden' by Jack London. Claude Santelli and Jean-Louis Muller interview Professor Las Vergnas, a specialist in American literature, who contextualises the book within the author's entire body of work and life. Then, Maurice Le Goas, a labor activist, shares his experience of Jack London's influence on him.

Le portrait de Socrate

26th January 1972
Episode 8
The portrait of Socrates.

L'exode

23rd February 1972
Episode 9
The biblical Book of Exodus.

Les Souffrances du jeune Werther

22nd March 1972
Episode 10
'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

L'île mystérieuse

15th April 1972
Episode 11
'The Mysterious Island' by Jules Verne.

L'Enfance de Gorky

26th April 1972
Episode 12
'My Childhood' by Maxim Gorky.

Gargantua

24th May 1972
Episode 13
'Gargantua' by François Rabelais.

Jude l'Obscur

26th July 1972
Episode 14
'Jude the obscure' by Thomas Hardy.

Robinson Crusoe

20th December 1972
Episode 15
'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe.

Histoire de la Révolution

30th July 1973
Episode 16
'History of the Revolution' by Jules Michelet.

Alice aux pays des merveilles

28th December 1973
Episode 17
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. This program explores Wonderland from every angle: iconic scenes in which Brigitte Fossey portrays a mischievous Alice, readings by Claude Rich, and analyses of the 'delirious metaphysics' of this great literary classic. Lewis Carroll's universe never ceases to amaze!
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Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.

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