Captain Fracasse: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Captain Fracasse, credited to Théophile Gautier, 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 Captain Fracasse by Théophile Gautier. (Translated by F. C. de Sumichrast.) Read in English by Peter Tucker. The story, set in the 17th Century during the reign of Louis XIII in France, concerns the progress of an impoverished nobleman as he ventures forth into a series of dangerous adventures which culminate in the restoration of his true noble social position. In today's parlance the story might be described as an action romance. The protagonist happens to become involved a group of travelling actors whom he accompanies in his search for himself. There are a number of similarities with Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship". Among the troupe of actors is a young woman with whom he falls deeply in love, which sustains him in his quest for social restoration. The novel idealises hereditary nobility. There is a happy ending for all, in which aristocratic society is vindicated. (Summary by Peter Tucker)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Captain Fracasse
• Author credits: Théophile Gautier
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 13:58:54

Catalogue topics

• French
• theatre

Track guide

1. 01 - Castle Misery — 28:27
2. 02 - The Chariot of Thespis — 50:43
3. 03 - The Blue Sun Inn — 13:28
4. 04 - An Adventure with Brigands — 23:51
5. 05 - At the Chateau de Bruyeres Part 1 — 36:34
6. 06 - At the Chateau de Bruyeres Part 2 — 44:48
7. 07 - A Snowstorm and its Consequences — 43:41
8. 08 - Captain Fracasse — 49:06
9. 09 - The Duke of Vallombreuse — 58:34
10. 10 - A Melee and a Duel — 1:09:21
11. 11 - A Midnight Adventure — 56:57
12. 12 - The Pont Neuf — 44:06
13. 13 - The Crowned Radish — 11:43
14. 14 - A Double Attack — 25:56
15. 15 - Lampourde's Delicacy — 20:22
16. 16 - Malartic at Work — 40:21
17. 17 - Vallombreuse — 44:06
18. 18 - The Amethyst Ring — 42:00
19. 19 - A Family Party — 40:08
20. 20 - Nettles and Cobwebs — 29:00
21. 21 - Chiquita's Declaration of Love — 15:01
22. 22 - "Hymen! O Hymen!" — 24:01
23. 23 - The Castle of Happiness — 26:40

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