The Diamond Necklace


Lu par E. Sharp

(4.8 étoiles; 4 critiques)

In the years preceding the French Revolution, the reputation of Queen Marie Antoinette was severely harmed by the publication of details relating to a certain "scandal," involving a Roman Cardinal, a Royal jeweler, and an unscrupulous young woman looking for wealth and prestige. Carlyle, in his typical, wonderfully colorful prose, relates the tale of "The Diamond Necklace" for posterity in this small volume. In his own words: "My attempt was to make reality ideal; there is considerable significance in that notion of mine, and I have not yet seen the limit of it, nor shall till I have tried to go as far as it will carry me. The story of the Diamond Necklace is all told in that paper with the strictest fidelity, yet in a kind of musical way." - Summary by E. Sharp

Chapitres

Ch. 1 - Age of Romance 18:13 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 2 - The Necklace is Made 12:04 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 3 - The Necklace Cannot Be Sold 4:49 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 4 - Affinities: The Two Fixed-Ideas 29:33 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 5 - The Artist 16:13 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 6 - Will the Two Fixed-Ideas Unite? 10:59 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 7 - Marie Antoinette 8:36 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 8 - The Two Fixed-Ideas Will Unite 11:09 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 9 - Park of Versailles 9:59 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 10 - Behind the Scenes 7:40 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 11 - The Necklace is Sold 9:51 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 12 - The Necklace Vanishes 4:34 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 13 - Scene Third: By Dame de Lamotte 6:19 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 14 - The Necklace Cannot Be Paid 13:43 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 15 - Scene Fourth: By Destiny 3:48 Lu par E. Sharp
Ch. 16 - Missa Est 28:37 Lu par E. Sharp

Critiques


(4.5 étoiles)

Exellent narrator. I’m hoping that she has done other works , I am hoping to find out a name so as to collect her other productions in my ,”to read” list.


(5 étoiles)

Love Carlyle. Good to have another work of his to listen to, and with a good reader