Camille
Alexandre Dumas
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux camélias) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subsequently adapted for the stage. The Lady of the Camellias premiered at the Theatre de Vaudeville in Paris, France on February 2, 1852. An instant success, Giuseppe Verdi immediately set about to put the story to music. His work became the 1853 opera La Traviata with the female protagonist "Marguerite Gautier" renamed "Violetta Valéry".
In the English-speaking world, The Lady of the Camellias became known as Camille and sixteen versions have been performed at Broadway theatres alone. The "lady of the camellias" is Marguerite Gautier, who is based on Marie Duplessis, the real life lover of author Dumas, fils. (Summary from Wikipedia) (7 hr 12 min)
Chapters
| 01 - Chapter 1 | 12:51 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 02 - Chapter 2 | 13:20 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 03 - Chapter 3 | 16:26 | Read by Rachel Lintern |
| 04 - Chapter 4 | 18:43 | Read by Rachel Lintern |
| 05 - Chapter 5 | 14:03 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
| 06 - Chapter 6 | 15:01 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| 07 - Chapter 7 | 15:10 | Read by Linda |
| 08 - Chapter 8 | 12:33 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
| 09 - Chapter 9 | 18:52 | Read by kumarei |
| 10 - Chapter 10 | 19:19 | Read by Beecher |
| 11 - Chapter 11 | 20:14 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 12 - Chapter 12 | 16:40 | Read by Sophia Choi |
| 13 - Chapter 13 | 20:16 | Read by Julie VW |
| 14 - Chapter 14 | 19:19 | Read by Julie VW |
| 15 - Chapter 15 | 13:21 | Read by Sophia Choi |
| 16 - Chapter 16 | 18:45 | Read by kumarei |
| 17 - Chapter 17 | 14:02 | Read by kumarei |
| 18 - Chapter 18 | 15:21 | Read by Channe |
| 19 - Chapter 19 | 12:55 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 20 - Chapter 20 | 12:34 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 21 - Chapter 21 | 14:47 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 22 - Chapter 22 | 14:23 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 23 - Chapter 23 | 17:29 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 24 - Chapter 24 | 21:46 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| 25 - Chapter 25 | 12:26 | Read by Linda |
| 26 - Chapter 26 | 27:14 | Read by Bellona Times |
| 27 - Chapter 27 | 4:14 | Read by David Lawrence |
Reviews
uhg boring & rough reading
jaded_grl
i am sure that MAYBE if you can get a few chapters into this book there are the makings of a good story. but the reader for chapter 1 & 2, while he was clear and understandable, was terribly choppy in his reading and lacked natural flow. but i held on until the end of chapter 3, which was a new reader. she read clear and flowing, but so soft and monotonous that she honestly put me to sleep - but to be fair what she was reading was all philosophy and thoughts and nothing really on the characters & events.
intense, impressionable, emotional
TobiEeck
what a stirt, I had a hard time listening to this, because as I got sucked in, many emotions welled up.wonderfully read aswell
Excellent But Sad Story
Esther
Great work by Dumas and well narrated by the volunteers.
Good reading of one of my favourite books
Nat
Overall a good reading, some chapters had background noise which was somewhat annoying. I like listening to all the different dialects of the readers, but I have to point out an error, namely the pronounciation of the word "fils". It is this that really lowers the score, nevertheless it was fun to listen to.
GRIPPING
AVID READER
A TIMELESS story of love and redemption. The question is always, "Why.". Why the jealousy? Why the tears? Why the vengeful actions? Etc. Anyone who asks these has never truly loved.
David
chapter 4 has a nice reader but the rest are pretty rough... especially chapter 1/2, 6, and 9 have rough accents... I wonder why they think they can be Audio book readers
very nice
Mariana Urs
I like it very much, sime chapters are not very nice recorded but the intrigue is keeping you on
Beautuful
Lynn G
An amazing story,was First led to read after being mesmerised by La Traviatta and its even better....