French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France, credited to Marie de France, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess them to be a complete collection of her stories in verse. The ascription varies. Poems which were included in her work but yesterday are withdrawn to-day, and new matter suggested by scholars to take the place of the old. I believe it to be, however, a far fuller version of Marie's "Lays" than has yet appeared, to my knowledge, in English. Marie's poems are concerned chiefly with love. To complete my book I have added two famous mediaeval stories on the same excellent theme. This, then, may be regarded as a volume of French romances, dealing, generally, with one aspect of mediaeval life. (Summary by Eugene Mason, from his preface to Lays of Marie de France)

Recording facts

• Recording title: French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
• Author credits: Marie de France
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 7:29:25

Catalogue topics

• medieval literature
• lays
• France
• French literature

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 25:45
2. 01 - I. Prologue by Way of Dedication — 3:41
3. 02 - II. The Lay of Gugemar — 38:33
4. 03 - III. The Lay of The Dolorous Knight — 11:38
5. 04 - IV. The Lay of Eliduc — 56:08
6. 05 - V. The Lay of The Nightengale — 8:17
7. 06 - VI. The Lay of Sir Launfal — 32:44
8. 07 - VII. The Lay of the Two Lovers — 11:41
9. 08 - VIII. The Lay of The Were-Wolf — 15:40
10. 09 - IX. The Lay of the Ash Tree — 22:43
11. 10 - X. The Lay of The Honeysuckle — 5:47
12. 11 - XI. The Lay of Equitan — 14:25
13. 12 - XII. The Lay of Milon — 22:41
14. 13 - XIII. The Lay of Yonec — 26:20
15. 14 - XIV. The Lay of The Thorn — 22:23
16. 15 - XV. The Lay of Graelent — 23:59
17. 16 - XVI. A Story of Beyond The Sea — 1:04:36
18. 17 - XVII. The Chatelaine of Vergi — 42:34

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