ZOLA, E.: Masterpiece (The) (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, 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:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

The Masterpiece ( 11 min., 32 sec. )

But it was all over. There were only... ( 10 min., 58 sec. )

With a light step, Claude ran to take his box... ( 10 min., 47 sec. )

'Mine's Claude.' And, having looked at her just at... ( 12 min., 01 sec. )

Amidst the din he had thus raised... ( 10 min., 35 sec. )

Chapter 2 ( 11 min., 33 sec. )

There were others still: Spontini, the ferocious usher... ( 11 min., 02 sec. )

They had even planned an encampment... ( 11 min., 33 sec. )

Dealing sabre-like strokes at the velveteen jacket... ( 09 min., 46 sec. )

Sandoz shrugged his shoulders with a gesture of... ( 11 min., 40 sec. )

He stretched his legs apart, high upon the cushions... ( 07 min. )

Pausing near the door, before the studies... ( 08 min. )

Chapter 3 ( 11 min., 09 sec. )

After drawing breath, Claude retraced his steps... ( 11 min., 23 sec. )

They at once turned into the Rue du Cherche-Midi. ( 11 min. )

At last they all began to talk, with the exception of ... ( 10 min., 43 sec. )

When they reached the Esplanade des Invalides... ( 11 min., 22 sec. )

'You're all painters, aren't you? How funny!' ( 08 min., 46 sec. )

'Hello! He has missed his party,' teased Fagerolles. ( 11 min., 27 sec. )

Fagerolles himself, cynical Parisian though he might be... ( 11 min., 18 sec. )

Chapter 4 ( 11 min., 28 sec. )

Christine that day wore a large cloak... ( 11 min., 22 sec. )

She was seized once more with the vertigo... ( 11 min., 57 sec. )

Since the nipping colds of December... ( 09 min., 25 sec. )

A few days later, however, he received another shock... ( 09 min., 10 sec. )

Still, Christine glided into the habit of the thing... ( 08 min., 17 sec. )

The recollection of the morning after the storm... ( 08 min., 37 sec. )

Chapter 5 ( 11 min., 47 sec. )

And he affected to be in no hurry... ( 11 min., 33 sec. )

Claude, whose spirits had revived amidst that... ( 10 min., 44 sec. )

He sprang forward and freed Régine... ( 11 min., 39 sec. )

'Just look at them, you'd think they were at...' ( 10 min., 09 sec. )

There was general astonishment when Fagerolles... ( 10 min., 31 sec. )

Chapter 6 ( 10 min., 55 sec. )

June was drawing to a close, and the rain fell... ( 10 min., 45 sec. )

During the earlier months they only once met some... ( 11 min., 45 sec. )

Besides, she thought his more recent pictures... ( 11 min., 57 sec. )

They lunched in the kitchen, and an extraordinary... ( 11 min., 15 sec. )

When Jacques fell asleep, there were endless... ( 11 min., 06 sec. )

Chapter 7 ( 11 min., 30 sec. )

All the same, he stopped for another few minutes... ( 11 min., 34 sec. )

They changed the conversation; the high prices that... ( 11 min., 35 sec. )

Bongrand looked at him again, straight in the eyes. ( 08 min., 07 sec. )

'"You've real genius, my dear fellow. Your last..."' ( 10 min., 24 sec. )

'Your wife is charming,' said Claude, 'and I see...' ( 09 min., 28 sec. )

A dream of eternal friendship made him changeless. ( 11 min., 48 sec. )

Towards eleven o'clock Dubuche, arriving at last... ( 11 min., 55 sec. )

Chapter 8 ( 11 min., 03 sec. )

In the background the Tuileries vanished... ( 10 min., 50 sec. )

Christine at last began to grow frightened... ( 11 min., 42 sec. )

'Are you coming, Claude?' asked Christine, gently. ( 10 min., 19 sec. )

It was getting late; Christine wanted to put him to... ( 11 min., 33 sec. )

Under the eyes of their artist creator... ( 10 min., 42 sec. )

But all at once Claude grew uneasy. ( 09 min., 47 sec. )

Chapter 9 ( 11 min., 36 sec. )

Twice already had he failed to be ready for the Salon... ( 11 min., 55 sec. )

At first there was a silent struggle of every minute. ( 08 min., 05 sec. )

And it was then that Christine, finding herself... ( 11 min., 36 sec. )

It was poverty, however, that finally finished off Claude. ( 10 min., 59 sec. )

She listened, and staggered in her very grief. ( 10 min., 15 sec. )

Sandoz, silent, felt despair steal over him... ( 11 min., 11 sec. )

He paused, and silence reigned once more... ( 13 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 10 ( 11 min., 49 sec. )

At four o'clock in the afternoon, when the voting... ( 10 min., 39 sec. )

Then the work began again, but more agreeably... ( 10 min., 23 sec. )

This general revision was the terrible part of the task. ( 11 min., 21 sec. )

Then Claude began to look for his own picture. ( 11 min., 53 sec. )

Claude at once recognised the people who had... ( 09 min., 40 sec. )

'Good morning, dear master,' said Naudet... ( 11 min., 48 sec. )

However, the painter had a gleam of hope. ( 10 min., 21 sec. )

Sandoz and Claude had to eat, seated obliquely... ( 09 min., 36 sec. )

Sandoz had at last obtained two cups of coffee... ( 08 min., 10 sec. )

Precisely at that moment they perceived Mahoudeau... ( 07 min., 42 sec. )

Chapter 11 ( 11 min., 20 sec. )

Sandoz, finding him nervous in the railway carriage... ( 11 min., 39 sec. )

They alone existed now amid his finished existence... ( 11 min., 25 sec. )

'Do you know, old fellow,' said the novelist... ( 09 min., 35 sec. )

Claude and Christine were the first to arrive. ( 11 min., 27 sec. )

Claude, who for a little while had been absorbed... ( 11 min., 43 sec. )

'It was Claude who did for us!' so Gagnière squarely... ( 11 min., 55 sec. )

Christine having risen in her turn, and apologised for... ( 11 min., 20 sec. )

Chapter 12 ( 10 min., 39 sec. )

She had placed the candle on the platform... ( 11 min., 53 sec. )

Claude had hanged himself from the steps in front... ( 11 min., 18 sec. )

However, the painter and the novelist now had to ... ( 10 minutes, 26 sec. )

'It was fated,' he mused in an undertone. ( 11 minches )

Participant:

Pugh, Leighton, Reader -- Zola, Emile, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781781982785

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.