Modeste Mignon
Honoré de Balzac
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Modeste Mignon, a young provincial woman of romantic temperament, imagines herself to be in love with the famous Parisian poet Melchior de Canalis. However, he is not moved by her attentions. He invites his secretary Ernest de la Brière to "deal with the matter". Ernest answers Modeste's letters in his name and acts as her lover, disguised as Canalis. The scene changes dramatically when Ernest discoveres that Modeste is, in fact, a rich heiress. Will he be able to win her heart despite his lie? (Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.) (9 hr 28 min)
Chapters
01 - Dedication and Chapter 1 - The Chalet | 20:40 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
02 - A Portrait from Life | 13:17 | Read by Ata Khudayberdiev |
03 - Preliminaries | 19:34 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
04 - A Simple Story | 17:40 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
05 - The Problem Still Unsolved | 17:49 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
06 - A Maiden's First Romance | 21:54 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
07 - A Poet of the Angelic School | 27:40 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
08 - Blade to Blade | 21:33 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
09 - The Power of the Unseen | 17:24 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
10 - The Marriage of Souls | 24:06 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
11 - What Comes of Correspondence | 16:06 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
12 - A Declaration of Love, Set to Music | 22:34 | Read by Chris Caron |
13 - A Full-Length Portrait of Monsieur de la Briere | 25:10 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
14 - Matters Grown Complicated | 24:15 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
15 - A Father Steps in | 27:08 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
16 - Disenchanted | 11:32 | Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet |
17 - A Third Suitor | 21:51 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
18 - A Splendid First Appearance | 21:13 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
19 - Of which the Author Thinks a Good Deal | 23:56 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
20 - The Poet Does his Exercises | 20:56 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
21 - Modeste Plays her Part | 20:38 | Read by Chris Caron |
22 - A Riddle Guessed | 18:22 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
23 - Butscha Distinguishes himself | 16:29 | Read by Anna Simon |
24 - The Poet Feels that he is Loved too Well | 22:18 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
25 - A Diplomatic Letter | 15:41 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
26 - True Love | 14:58 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
27 - A Girl's Revenge | 15:11 | Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet |
28 - Modeste Behaves with Dignity | 15:26 | Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet |
29 - Conclusion | 13:24 | Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
S.O.S. Bruce Pirie we need you. Please do a second version of this book or it is lost to all. You are THE interpreter of Balzac's works.
Big T
Good story,but alas reader too American for this to sound appropriate.
A LibriVox Listener
Bruce Pirie best orator in the world! Bring him back.