The Diamond Necklace


Read by E. Sharp

(4.8 stars; 4 reviews)

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

Chapters

Ch. 1 - Age of Romance 18:13 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 2 - The Necklace is Made 12:04 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 3 - The Necklace Cannot Be Sold 4:50 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 4 - Affinities: The Two Fixed-Ideas 29:33 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 5 - The Artist 16:13 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 6 - Will the Two Fixed-Ideas Unite? 10:59 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 7 - Marie Antoinette 8:36 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 8 - The Two Fixed-Ideas Will Unite 11:09 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 9 - Park of Versailles 9:59 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 10 - Behind the Scenes 7:41 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 11 - The Necklace is Sold 9:51 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 12 - The Necklace Vanishes 4:35 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 13 - Scene Third: By Dame de Lamotte 6:20 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 14 - The Necklace Cannot Be Paid 13:44 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 15 - Scene Fourth: By Destiny 3:48 Read by E. Sharp
Ch. 16 - Missa Est 28:38 Read by E. Sharp

Reviews


(4.5 stars)

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 stars)

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