Sous les lambris de la Librairie
literature, unfiltered
« Stripped of reverence, full of love. »
A short format where La Gardienne opens the classics without the critical apparatus. The rhythm, the smile, the voice that hasn't aged.
Episodes
-
#09
29 minColette : Aucun homme ne viendra vous sauver
L'Ingénue libertine, decoded as a feminist manifesto. Colette, again and always.
Listen on
-
#08
27 minVictor Margueritte : Ton corps est à toi ou le manifeste de la souveraineté
Victor Margueritte, forgotten by textbooks, wrote in 1927 the manifesto of bodily sovereignty. Still relevant today.
Listen on
-
#07
32 minJane Eyre : La puissance du silence et le prix de l'autonomie
Jane Eyre, strategist of integrity: the power of silence and the price of one's autonomy.
Listen on
-
#06
27 minJane Austen : Orgueil et Préjugés ou l'art du sabotage social
Elizabeth Bennet, theorist of social masking before the term existed. Jane Austen and the art of sabotaging conventions.
Listen on
-
#05
31 minLa Princesse de Clèves : L'insurrection d'une forteresse morale
In the 17th century, the Princesse de Clèves says no. A moral uprising that reads like an early feminist manifesto.
Listen on
-
#04
28 minDon Quichotte : L'insoumission du rêve et le droit au décalage
Don Quichotte isn't a madman — he's a neurodivergent figure. The insubordination of dreams and the right to be out of step.
Listen on
-
#03
36 minVictor Hugo : La pieuvre, l'océan et nos tempêtes intérieures
The Toilers of the Sea reread through our inner storms — Hugo, the octopus, the ocean, and neurodivergence.
Listen on
-
#02
30 minRobinson Crusoé, l'architecte de l'être total
Robinson Crusoé isn't just a castaway: he's the architect of a complete self. Defoe, autonomy, the rebuilding of identity.
Listen on
-
#01
16 minZola, Eurydice et les grands magasins
How Émile Zola becomes a refuge during a breakup — between Eurydice and the great department stores, what fiction heals.
Listen on
Follow the podcast
Subscribe on your favourite platform so you don't miss an episode.