“Le Lys dans la Vallée” online

This digital edition of Honoré de Balzac’s famous work enables users to trace the novel’s progress from its beginnings by making it possible to consult the text in its various stages of completion, keeping track of the author’s additions and corrections, and the successive editions that were published during his lifetime. 

The “ Le Lys dans la Vallée ” website also provides internauts with a wide range of resources regarding the novel: 

• notes on the novel’s characters and settings,
• articles analysing the work,
• images (illustrations, prints, photographs, postcards, etc.),
• videos (extracts from stage or film adaptations),
• sound documents (readings from the novel and musical adaptations),
• educational worksheets, etc.

On the web:

• www.lysdanslavallee.fr
• Quand Balzac entre dans l'ère du numérique (General Council 37 )