Louise de la Valliere


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(4.1 stars; 142 reviews)

After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues!

The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is the last of the Musketeer novels. It is usually divided into four volumes and this third volume contains chapters 141-208.

(Summary by Diana Majlinger) (18 hr 23 min)

Capítulos

01 - Malaga 25:21 Leído por Robert Snoza
02 - A Letter from M. Baisemeaux 12:15 Leído por Phil Griffiths
03 - In Which the Reader will be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost Nothin… 44:57 Leído por Phil Griffiths
04 - The Rat and the Cheese 13:04 Leído por Robert Snoza
05 - Planchet's Country-House 11:13 Leído por Robert Snoza
06 - Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet's House 11:43 Leído por Robert Snoza
07 - How Porthos, Truchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly Term… 9:15 Leído por Lynne T
08 - The Presentation of Porthos at Court 9:16 Leído por Deon Gines
09 - Explanations 16:20 Leído por Deon Gines
10 - Madame and De Guiche 14:10 Leído por Eden Rea-Hedrick
11 - Montalais and Malicorne 14:26 Leído por Eden Rea-Hedrick
12 - How De Wardes Was Received at Court 25:34 Leído por Deon Gines
13 - The Combat 22:50 Leído por Deon Gines
14 - The King's Supper 11:49 Leído por Deon Gines
15 - After Supper 7:46 Leído por Lynne T
16 - Showing in What Way D'Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King … 14:04 Leído por Lynne T
17 - The Encounter 10:29 Leído por Deon Gines
18 - The Physician 10:29 Leído por Deon Gines
19 - Wherein D'Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp… 11:14 Leído por Deon Gines
20 - Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One's Bow 24:02 Leído por Deon Gines
21 - M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France 10:25 Leído por Lynne T
22 - The Journey 18:29 Leído por Deon Gines
23 - Triumfeminate 12:43 Leído por Deon Gines
24 - The First Quarrel 20:17 Leído por Deon Gines
25 - Despair 12:14 Leído por Deon Gines
26 - The Flight 18:13 Leído por acousticwave
27 - Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past … 15:42 Leído por acousticwave
28 - The Ambassadors 16:58 Leído por Lynne T
29 - Chaillot 26:15 Leído por acousticwave
30 - Madame 18:16 Leído por acousticwave
31 - Mademoiselle de la Valliere's Pocket-Handkerchief 9:08 Leído por Eden Rea-Hedrick
32 - Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor 13:34 Leído por Eden Rea-Hedrick
33 - Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details upon the Mode … 16:14 Leído por Eden Rea-Hedrick
34 - The Promenade by Torchlight 22:34 Leído por Deon Gines
35 - The Apparition 17:01 Leído por Deon Gines
36 - The Portrait 14:50 Leído por Deon Gines
37 - Hampton Court 28:54 Leído por Deon Gines
38 - The Courier from Madame 29:09 Leído por acousticwave
39 - Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne's Advice 10:30 Leído por Wayne Donovan
40 - Two Old Friends 32:06 Leído por Deon Gines
41 - Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person, C… 23:41 Leído por Deon Gines
42 - The Skin of the Bear 13:49 Leído por Deon Gines
43 - An Interview with the Queen-Mother 23:05 Leído por Deon Gines
44 - Two Friends 14:27 Leído por Deon Gines
45 - How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale 10:49 Leído por Deon Gines
46 - La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator 16:32 Leído por Deon Gines
47 - Madame de Belliere's Plate and Diamonds 9:52 Leído por Deon Gines
48 - M. de Mazarin's Receipt 17:51 Leído por Deon Gines
49 - Monsieur Colbert's Rough Draft 22:32 Leído por Deon Gines
50 - In Which the Author Thinks It Is High Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bra… 12:54 Leído por Deon Gines
51 - Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries 11:46 Leído por Wayne Donovan
52 - Two Jealousies 12:04 Leído por Deon Gines
53 - A Domiciliary Visit 15:35 Leído por Deon Gines
54 - Porthos's Plan of Action 17:13 Leído por Deon Gines
55 - The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait 24:25 Leído por Deon Gines
56 - Rivals in Politics 12:18 Leído por Deon Gines
57 - Rivals in Love 16:33 Leído por Deon Gines
58 - King and Noble 17:09 Leído por Deon Gines
59 - After the Storm 12:44 Leído por ToddHW
60 - Heu! Miser! 9:31 Leído por ToddHW
61 - Wounds within Wounds 13:20 Leído por ToddHW
62 - What Raoul Had Guessed 12:22 Leído por ToddHW
63 - Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together 10:48 Leído por ToddHW
64 - What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastile 15:55 Leído por ToddHW
65 - Political Rivals 18:03 Leído por Gail Timmerman Vaughan
66 - In Which Porthos Is Convinced without Having Understood Anything 13:47 Leído por Gail Timmerman Vaughan
67 - M. de Baisemeaux's "Society" 20:09 Leído por Filippo Gioachin

Reseñas


(3 stars)

90% of the reading was done by volunteers without a clue as to French pronunciation. Therefore, some characters had 4 or 5 names depending on which letters were pronounced. One reader has a monotone voice and since she did most chapters, the book was less interesting than all the previous ones


(2 stars)

I usually abstain from reviews but I needed to speak on this reading. while all the readers did their best, the primary reader of the work needs to have their work redone. They read terribly mechanically, as if they are reading the words by finger. as a result much of their work is a drone and difficult to follow. While there book is a d'Artagnan Romance, it mostly centers in Louis XIV's romance with the title change, De la Valliere. As a result 2/3rds of the book is court intrigue and petty jealously. Wrapped up in a nice package with star-crossed love and a suspenseful end.

Not the best of his work.


(3 stars)

This is definitely not the best of Dumas' work, and you can tell a great deal of it has been elaborated for no reason. The hook and desire to stay with it is just not there. Some of these readers made me so frustrated; I just had to get through some of them. The lack of intonation of the "main" reader (she has several more chapters than any of the others) drove me bonkers. May have been more enjoyable with decent reading.

Pretty Decent!


(4 stars)

It was pretty good overall. Of course there was some bad accents and a few times where it was hard to understand the reader. That's pretty much par for most of the free books. Great book though and I'm glad they finally finished it! It was annoying that they did the whole series and left out a book in the middle!!! Love Alexandre Dumas!!!!

good story, bad reading


(1.5 stars)

this part of the story is much better than the previous (10 yrs later) but I agree with most other reviewers in that the reading is bad. most of it sounds like a robot ( I won't mention name but you'll easily discover who) and was painful to my head to listen to.

ONE OF THE FOUR DISGRACES THE FELLOWSHIP


(5 stars)

Richelieu is evil; Mazarin is duplicitous and avaricious; Dumas is telling us of the evils perpetrated by the nobility of the church. Aramis is the worst since he has no reason for his treachery except an ego far beyond his capacity. A good continuation of the saga.

Getting Good!


(5 stars)

It is getting good as the story picks up and the plots get deeper and darker. So much more than the movies. So much deeper and powerful. Now the story spirals to its dramatic conclusion in The Man in the Iron Mask. Can't wait!


(4 stars)

This is a great story. I'm glad the entire Three Musketeers series is now available. Unfortunately, the pronunciations of French names and places by most of the readers is so horrible that it was painful to listen.