The Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes, credited to Émile Zola, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes by Émile Zola. (Translated by George D. Cox.) Read in English by MaryAnn; Lisa Reichert; KHand; Michele Fry; Indu Nair; Brandon Weston; Beth Thomas “The Jolly Parisiennes” by Émile Zola is a very clever, brilliant and interesting romance of a “grande passion” with an undercurrent of political intrigue. The plot is ingenious both in conception and execution, while the tone of the novel is exceedingly bright and vivacious. A peculiar phase of Parisian society is most agreeably dealt with. The heroines, Louise Neigeon and Berthe Gaucheraud, are very jolly ladies indeed, but they never forget that they are ladies, even in their merriest and most eccentric moods. They are handsome, graceful and captivating, tempering their seeming recklessness with the refinement of education and luxury. No wonder the young provincial hero, George de Vaugelade, was bewildered in their society and utterly lost his head. The other characters are a Countess with well-attended receptions; Felix Budin, a rather blasé young Parisian; Gaucheraud, a fat politician; and Monsieur Neigeon, a shadowy Deputy. “The Jolly Parisiennes” is a novel that everybody will read and relish. Several other novelettes by Zola are also in the volume. They are int eh genuine Zola style, strong and interesting every one of them. - Summary by the Publisher

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes
• Author credits: Émile Zola
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 8:46:42

Catalogue topics

• French
• romance
• short stories
• paris
• France
• Zola
• 1888
• 2018

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01 - The Jolly Parisiennes - I. Two Charmers — 16:22
2. 02 - The Jolly Parisiennes - II. Salon and Theatre — 14:29
3. 03 - The Jolly Parisiennes - III. The Maisons-Laffitte Races — 15:49
4. 04 - The Jolly Parisiennes - IV. In the Volubilis Bower — 12:18
5. 05 - The Jolly Parisiennes - V. The Reward — 10:15
6. 06 - Mademoiselle Flavie - I. A Startling Proposition — 18:23
7. 07 - Mademoiselle Flavie - II. Mademoiselle Flavie — 14:21
8. 08 - Mademoiselle Flavie - III. A Spoiled Triumph — 19:41
9. 09 - Mademoiselle Flavie - IV. Treachery — 17:29
10. 10 - Mademoiselle Flavie - V. Won at Last — 6:14
11. 11 - Nais, the Brunette - I. Frédéric — 13:41
12. 12 - Nais, the Brunette - II. Frédéric and Nais — 13:58
13. 13 - Nais, the Brunette - III. Discovered — 14:02
14. 14 - Nais, the Brunette - IV. Murderous Attempts — 13:36
15. 15 - Nais, the Brunette - V. The Landslip — 11:54
16. 16 - Madame Chabre - I. Hector — 14:34
17. 17 - Madame Chabre - II. The Swimmers — 14:39
18. 18 - Madame Chabre - III. Estelle's Enjoyments — 15:11
19. 19 - Madame Chabre - IV. Shrimping — 15:13
20. 20 - Madame Chabre - V. The Castelli Rocks — 16:19
21. 21 - Margot's Gallant - I. The Mahés and the Floches — 18:04
22. 22 - Margot's Gallant - II. The Strange Catch — 20:58
23. 23 - Margot's Gallant - III. Tasting the Drink — 19:16
24. 24 - Margot's Gallant - IV. More Jollification — 17:44

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