Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris by Henry Gréville: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 28 original MP3 tracks, 4:17:30 running time and a link to listen.
Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris, credited to Henry Gréville, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris by Henry Gréville. (Translated by Mary Neal Sherwood.) Read in English by Susannah Mason; Monika Rolley Bonne-Marie, Henry Gréville’s last work, will no doubt create a sensation, such is its freshness, beauty, and delicacy. It is the story of a young girl, the daughter of a smuggler in Normandy, on the coast of France. Having been educated in a Convent, at Cherbourg, she returns from school where her father had placed her, and struggles in spite of her discontent to do her duty in her humble home. She turns a deaf ear to a lover’s pleading, and when her father is killed in a fray with the Coast-Guard, she leaves her home and goes to Paris to seek her fortune. The tale of her struggles with poverty, of her debut as a singer in one of the celebrated Cafés – where, after a great success, she loses her heart to an artist, is simply, powerfully and most pathetically told. What happens after we must leave the readers of this charming volume to discover for themselves, all of which is beautifully sketched, and the story from beginning to end is pure, fresh and breezy. Mrs. Sherwood’s English in this translation is beyond all praise – it flows freely on from beginning to end. - Summary by the Publisher
Recording facts
- Recording title: Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris
- Author credits: Henry Gréville
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 28
- Listed recording duration: 4:17:30
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- romance
- paris
- France
- greville
- 1879
- 2017
- normandy
Opening tracks: first 24 of 28
- 01 - A Fish Supper — 17:43
- 02 - The Smuggler — 4:23
- 03 - Dreams — 8:08
- 04 - Going to Market — 5:40
- 05 - The Night After — 8:17
- 06 - Before Dawn — 2:47
- 07 - Departure — 6:02
- 08 - Arrival in Paris — 3:57
- 09 - Mademoiselle Beslin — 9:56
- 10 - Clothilde — 10:43
- 11 - A New Idea — 11:13
- 12 - Signing the Contract — 14:42
- 13 - Her First Appearance — 6:54
- 14 - Luciane — 6:11
- 15 - He Comes! — 6:10
- 16 - The Painter — 10:11
- 17 - The Portrait — 14:42
- 18 - The Studio — 4:56
- 19 - How Pictures are Made — 12:17
- 20 - A New Aspirant — 13:29
- 21 - Wars and Rumors of Wars — 8:53
- 22 - Quarrels and Insults — 11:06
- 23 - Hopes — 13:47
- 24 - A Surprise — 9:54
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