BRONTE, C.: Villette (Abridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2008.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Breton ( 03 min., 44 sec. )

That same evening at nine o'clock... ( 05 min., 47 sec. )

Chapter 2: Paulina ( 06 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter 3: The Playmates ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

She had scarce been at Breton two months... ( 04 min., 01 sec. )

Chapter 4: Miss Marchmont ( 03 min., 54 sec. )

'Raise me. I feel young tonight...' ( 04 min., 50 sec. )

Chapter 5: Turning a New Leaf ( 02 min., 43 sec. )

Chapter 6: London ( 03 min., 37 sec. )

Whether this particular young lady... ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

Chapter 7: Villette ( 05 min., 33 sec. )

On I went, hurrying fast... ( 05 min., 50 sec. )

Chapter 8: Madame Beck ( 05 min., 32 sec. )

I was one day sitting upstairs... ( 06 min., 48 sec. )

Chapter 9: Isidore ( 06 min., 49 sec. )

Chapter 10: Dr. John ( 06 min., 37 sec. )

Chapter 11: The Portress's Cabinet ( 06 min., 47 sec. )

Chapter 12 : The Casket ( 05 min., 39 sec. )

All at once, quick rang the bell... ( 04 min., 05 sec. )

Chapter 13: A Sneeze Out of Season ( 05 min., 03 sec. )

I had learnt something from the above scene. ( 03 min., 37 sec. )

Chapter 14: The Fete ( 03 min., 06 sec. )

The great day arrived... ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

In an instant we were out of doors... ( 04 min., 42 sec. )

No sooner was the play over... ( 04 min., 35 sec. )

I believe I could have picked out... ( 03 min., 29 sec. )

Somehow I could not avoid returning... ( 03 min., 23 sec. )

Chapter 15: The Long Vacation ( 05 min., 46 sec. )

The cretin being gone... ( 06 min., 38 sec. )

Chapter 16: Auld Lang Syne ( 03 min., 57 sec. )

Reader, I felt alarmed... ( 04 min., 28 sec. )

'Sit down, sit down,' said my conductress. ( 04 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter 17: La Terasse ( 07 min., 05 sec. )

Chapter 18: We Quarrel ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

Chapter 19: Cleopatra ( 03 min., 12 sec. )

Suddenly, a light tap visited my shoulder ( 03 min., 54 sec. )

Chapter 20: The Concert ( 03 min., 27 sec. )

We alighted under a portico... ( 05 min., 02 sec. )

On the concert I need not dwell... ( 03 min., 20 sec. )

The concert over, the Lottery... ( 05 min., 18 sec. )

Chapter 21: Reaction ( 06 min., 24 sec. )

After breakfast my custom was to withdraw... ( 03 min., 55 sec. )

I stole from the room... ( 03 min., 53 sec. )

Chapter 22: The Letter ( 03 min., 46 sec. )

A warm hand, taking my cold fingers... ( 03 min., 42 sec. )

Chapter 23: Vashti ( 04 min., 58 sec. )

Towards midnight, when the deepening tragedy... ( 06 min., 44 sec. )

Chapter 24: M. De Bassompierre ( 05 min., 15 sec. )

The keen, still cold of the morning... ( 04 min., 37 sec. )

Chapter 25: The Little Countess ( 03 min., 17 sec. )

Next day, when we were all assembled... ( 04 min., 27 sec. )

But she had other moods besides... ( 04 min., 48 sec. )

Chapter 26: A Burial ( 03 min., 36 sec. )

At seven o'clock the moon rose. ( 03 min., 24 sec. )

Paulina Mary sought my frequent presence... ( 04 min., 42 sec. )

Our German mistress, Fraulein Anna Braun... ( 03 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 27: The Hotel Crecy ( 05 min., 03 sec. )

At dinner that day... ( 05 min., 01 sec. )

Chapter 28: The Watchguard ( 03 min., 46 sec. )

After all this amiability... ( 05 min., 39 sec. )

Chapter 29: Monsieur's Fete ( 03 min., 52 sec. )

At last there issued forth a voice... ( 04 min., 11 sec. )

Yet with a strange evanescent anger... ( 06 min., 29 sec. )

Chapter 30: M. Paul ( 03 min., 28 sec. )

'Women of intellect' was his next theme. ( 03 min., 54 sec. )

Chapter 31: The Dryad ( 04 min., 21 sec. )

'Goodnight' left my lips in sound... ( 05 min., 56 sec. )

Chapter 32: The First Letter ( 06 min., 49 sec. )

Chapter 33: M. Paul Keeps His Promise ( 03 min., 53 sec. )

The meal over, the party were free... ( 04 min., 30 sec. )

Chapter 34: Malevola ( 05 min., 48 sec. )

Leaving Madame Walraven's inhospitable salon... ( 06 min., 26 sec. )

Perhaps the musing fit... ( 04 min., 14 sec. )

Chapter 35: Fraternity ( 05 min., 42 sec. )

After school that day... ( 05 min., 13 sec. )

Chapter 36: The Apple of Discord ( 06 min., 19 sec. )

You have not yet read the brochure... ( 07 min., 07 sec. )

Chapter 37: Sunshine ( 05 min., 04 sec. )

The room was now darkening... ( 04 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 38: Cloud ( 03 min., 50 sec. )

The last day broke. ( 04 min., 16 sec. )

All that evening I waited... ( 04 min., 55 sec. )

Quiet Rue Fossette! ( 03 min., 10 sec. )

The swaying tide swept this way... ( 05 min., 15 sec. )

Chapter 39: Old and New Acquaintances ( 04 min., 53 sec. )

We have looked at the city belle... ( 05 min., 44 sec. )

Chapter 40: The Happy Pair ( 05 min., 46 sec. )

Chapter 41: Faubourg Clothilde ( 05 min., 56 sec. )

Chapter 42: Finis ( 03 minutes, 37 sec. )

Participant:

Weston, Mandy, Reader -- Bronte, Charlotte, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

730099097321

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.