JAMES, H.: American (The) (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

James, Henry, 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 American ( 07 min., 03 sec. )

As the little copyist proceeded with her work... ( 07 min., 40 sec. )

M. Nioche wore a glossy wig, of an unnatural color... ( 10 min. )

Chapter 2 ( 09 min., 43 sec. )

The two gentlemen proceeded along the Rue de Rivoli... ( 10 min., 39 sec. )

Newman was sitting sidewise in his chair, with his... ( 07 min., 39 sec. )

Chapter 3 ( 12 min., 01 sec. )

Christopher Newman dined several times in the... ( 07 min., 11 sec. )

Newman stood staring and wondering what under... ( 11 min., 31 sec. )

Newman looked at Mrs Tristram a while... ( 11 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter 4 ( 08 min., 16 sec. )

Every day, then, for the following three weeks... ( 11 min., 03 sec. )

M. Nioche had brought Newman a message from his... ( 07 min., 44 sec. )

Mademoiselle Noémie turned away a moment... ( 08 min., 40 sec. )

Chapter 5 ( 08 min., 21 sec. )

He encountered by chance in Holland a young... ( 11 min., 23 sec. )

A few days afterwards Newman received a note from... ( 13 min., 43 sec. )

Chapter 6 ( 11 min., 10 sec. )

A few days after this, one dusky autumn afternoon... ( 10 min., 33 sec. )

The young man obeyed, and presently a servant... ( 10 min., 07 sec. )

Chapter 7 ( 08 min., 13 sec. )

M. de Bellegarde puffed his cigar again in silence. ( 12 min., 48 sec. )

During the next three weeks Newman saw Bellegarde... ( 07 min., 49 sec. )

In this way our hero delayed from day to day... ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

Chapter 8 ( 10 min., 10 sec. )

Bellegarde had been looking at him with quickened... ( 08 min., 50 sec. )

I do not know whether in renouncing the mysterious... ( 07 min., 27 sec. )

Chapter 9 ( 10 min., 54 sec. )

During this speech, the longest that Newman had... ( 08 min., 35 sec. )

Chapter 10 ( 07 min., 08 sec. )

It was immediately after this conversation that Valentin... ( 07 min., 05 sec. )

At this the younger lady came rustling forward... ( 09 min., 37 sec. )

Newman for a few moments watched him sliding his... ( 11 min., 09 sec. )

Chapter 11 ( 05 min., 44 sec. )

Newman suffered himself to be gently propelled in... ( 08 min., 11 sec. )

She had hardly spoken when, through the door... ( 07 min., 29 sec. )

Chapter 12 ( 10 min., 56 sec. )

M. de Bellegarde looked at his brother with... ( 08 min., 11 sec. )

M. de Bellegarde made a motion for him to pass first... ( 07 min., 19 sec. )

At this moment the old gentleman who had been... ( 09 min., 32 sec. )

Chapter 13 ( 06 min., 50 sec. )

He often passed his evenings, when Madame... ( 06 min., 02 sec. )

One afternoon, on his calling on Madame de Cintré... ( 11 min., 29 sec. )

Newman had never made any reflections to this lady... ( 14 min., 42 sec. )

Chapter 14 ( 06 min., 23 sec. )

Newman came back the next day, and in the vestibule... ( 14 min., 03 sec. )

Newman's telegrams were answered with interest. ( 07 min., 29 sec. )

Chapter 15 ( 07 min., 41 sec. )

Newman observed the change in her appearance. ( 10 min., 28 sec. )

One day, a week after his visit to the Café de la Patrie... ( 11 min., 58 sec. )

Chapter 16 ( 09 min., 05 sec. )

Betimes, on the evening of the 27th, he went to... ( 06 min., 33 sec. )

M. de Bellegarde looked about him in silence... ( 10 min., 32 sec. )

He led Mrs Tristram through all the rooms. ( 07 min., 24 sec. )

People made way for her as she passed, others turned... ( 06 min., 48 sec. )

Chapter 17 ( 10 min., 21 sec. )

The marquis was with his wife when Newman entered... ( 07 min., 58 sec. )

He observed that Valentin de Bellegarde had taken his... ( 08 min., 09 sec. )

And they separated. At the end of the act Newman... ( 11 min., 16 sec. )

In the course of the day Newman received three lines... ( 06 min., 57 sec. )

Chapter 18 ( 07 min., 13 sec. )

Newman passed his hand into his hair and stood... ( 07 min., 03 sec. )

Madame de Bellegarde gave a rap with her fan in the... ( 06 min., 59 sec. )

He did not immediately start for Fleurières; he was too... ( 04 min., 17 sec. )

Chapter 19 ( 12 min., 12 sec. )

Newman was in no humour to enjoy good company. ( 11 min., 09 sec. )

Newman was strongly moved. He got up and turned... ( 08 min., 09 sec. )

Valentin lay there staring, with his eyes more brilliantly... ( 08 min., 19 sec. )

Chapter 20 ( 05 min., 36 sec. )

But the great feature was a wide, green river which... ( 07 min. )

Newman got up and walked away with a crushing... ( 09 min., 19 sec. )

A spectator less preoccupied than Madame de Cintré's... ( 07 min., 45 sec. )

Chapter 21 ( 08 min., 11 sec. )

Newman, as he had done before, left his conveyance... ( 11 min., 04 sec. )

For a moment the effect of these words was as if... ( 11 min., 27 sec. )

Chapter 22 ( 10 min., 57 sec. )

Mrs Bread dropped her eyes and hesitated. ( 09 min., 44 sec. )

Newman had listened eagerly - with an eagerness... ( 05 min., 36 sec. )

Here Mrs Bread paused again, and the most artistic... ( 10 min., 10 sec. )

'But evidently there were suspicions,'said Newman. ( 09 min., 13 sec. )

Chapter 23 ( 06 min., 01 sec. )

She began to speak again with a trembling voice. ( 06 min., 08 sec. )

It is said that all women love a lover, and Mrs Bread's... ( 08 min., 44 sec. )

Chapter 24 ( 10 min., 40 sec. )

Newman stood there with his hand on the carriage... ( 10 min., 02 sec. )

Madame de Bellegarde closed her eyes and gave a... ( 09 min., 26 sec. )

He heard sooner than he expected. The next morning... ( 09 min., 33 sec. )

Chapter 25 ( 09 min., 51 sec. )

Once in the street, he stood for some time on the... ( 08 min., 40 sec. )

He arrived in London in the midst of what is called... ( 10 min., 18 sec. )

M. Nioche, in answer to this cruel piece of irony... ( 07 min., 37 sec. )

Chapter 26 ( 10 min., 30 sec. )

One day, toward the end of the winter, after a long... ( 08 minutes, 02 sec. )

If he had spoken it aloud he would have said that he... ( 07 minches, 40 sec. )

Participant:

Sims, Adam, Reader -- James, Henry, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781781983263

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.