Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 18 original MP3 tracks, 7:22:01 running time and a link to listen.
Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun, credited to Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 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 Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. (Translated by Lionel Strachey.) Read in English by James K. White This memoirs chronicles Madame Vigée Lebrun's childhood and the early discovery of her talent, the fortuitous break that introduced her to the world of "portraiture of the stars," her expeditious flight from France at the height of the French Revolution, her continued success as a portraitist for the various royal houses of Europe, and her ultimate return to France. In this memoirs, Lebrun illustrates how she overcame the prejudices of the art world that prescribed how women painters could practice their art form, as well as the subject matter they could paint. (James K. White)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
- Author credits: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 18
- Listed recording duration: 7:22:01
Catalogue topics
- art
- portraiture
- independent women
Track guide
- 01 - Prefatory Note & Chp. I: Youth — 27:05
- 02 - Chp. II: Up the Ladder of Fame — 33:56
- 03 - Chp. III: Work and Pleasure — 32:18
- 04 - Chp. IV: Exile — 33:14
- 05 - Chp. V: Neopolitan Days — 21:56
- 06 - Chp. VI: Turin and Viena — 17:32
- 07 - Chp. VII: Saint Petersburg — 27:32
- 08 - Chp. VIII: Life in Russia — 28:24
- 09 - Chp. IX: Catherine II. — 20:43
- 10 - Chp. X: The Emperor Paul — 24:40
- 11 - Chp. XI: Family Affairs — 23:04
- 12 - Chp. XII: Moscow — 25:33
- 13 - Chp. XIII: Good-by to Russia — 20:10
- 14 - Chp. XIV: Homeward Bound — 18:42
- 15 - Chp. XV: Old Friends and New — 18:46
- 16 - Chp. XVI: Unmerry England — 20:41
- 17 - Chp. XVII: Persons and Places in Britain — 16:33
- 18 - Chp. XVIII: Bonapartes and Bourbons — 31:12
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