Pierre & Jean: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Pierre & Jean, credited to Guy de Maupassant, 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 Pierre & Jean by Guy de Maupassant. (Translated by Clara Bell.) Read in English by Lee Smalley This short novel’s titular characters are brothers. An old family friend dies, leaving without explanation his entire fortune to Jean, the younger brother. Pierre, the protagonist, is puzzled, jealous, and increasingly bitter. A bequest, a secret, a major decision. This, Maupassant’s fourth novel, is considered by many to be his finest. (Lee Smalley)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Pierre & Jean
• Author credits: Guy de Maupassant
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 4:54:13

Catalogue topics

• Mystery
• siblings
• sibling rivalry
• envy
• bequest

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 44:56
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 17:52
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 37:11
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 34:56
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 34:49
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 33:00
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 33:19
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 28:52
9. 09 - Chapter 9 — 29:18

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