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Author(s): Brontë, Charlotte
Reader(s): Weston, Mandy
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA690312
Barcode: 730099097321
Release Date: 08/2008
BRONTE, C.: Villette (Abridged)
Written by the author of the ever-popular Jane Eyre, Villette is widely admired as Charlotte Brontë’s finest work. The story follows the fortunes of a young teacher at a girls’ school in the French town of Villette and is superbly told by Mandy Weston. It is an adventure story, a romance and a French lesson all in one! The much-praised unabridged recording released last year returns here in a more accessible abridged format.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Brontë, Charlotte - Author
|  | 1 | Chapter 1: Breton | 03:44 |
| | 2 | That same evening at nine o'clock… | 05:47 |
| | 3 | Chapter 2: Paulina | 06:28 |
| | 4 | Chapter 3: The Playmates | 06:09 |
| | 5 | She had scarce been at Breton two months… | 04:01 |
| | 6 | Chapter 4: Miss Marchmont | 03:54 |
| | 7 | 'Raise me. I feel young tonight…' | 04:50 |
| | 8 | Chapter 5: Turning a New Leaf | 02:43 |
| | 9 | Chapter 6: London | 03:37 |
| | 10 | Whether this particular young lady… | 05:10 |
| | 11 | Chapter 7: Villette | 05:33 |
| | 12 | On I went, hurrying fast… | 05:50 |
| | 13 | Chapter 8: Madame Beck | 05:32 |
| | 14 | I was one day sitting upstairs… | 06:48 |
| | 15 | Chapter 9: Isidore | 06:49 |
Disc 2
| | 1 | Chapter 10: Dr. John | 06:37 |
| | 2 | Chapter 11: The Portress's Cabinet | 06:47 |
| | 3 | Chapter 12 : The Casket | 05:39 |
| | 4 | All at once, quick rang the bell… | 04:05 |
| | 5 | Chapter 13: A Sneeze Out of Season | 05:03 |
| | 6 | I had learnt something from the above scene. | 03:37 |
| | 7 | Chapter 14: The Fete | 03:06 |
| | 8 | The great day arrived… | 06:09 |
| | 9 | In an instant we were out of doors… | 04:42 |
| | 10 | No sooner was the play over… | 04:35 |
| | 11 | I believe I could have picked out… | 03:29 |
| | 12 | Somehow I could not avoid returning… | 03:23 |
| | 13 | Chapter 15: The Long Vacation | 05:46 |
| | 14 | The cretin being gone… | 06:38 |
| | 15 | Chapter 16: Auld Lang Syne | 03:57 |
| | 16 | Reader, I felt alarmed… | 04:28 |
Disc 3
| | 1 | 'Sit down, sit down,' said my conductress. | 04:28 |
| | 2 | Chapter 17: La Terasse | 07:05 |
| | 3 | Chapter 18: We Quarrel | 06:09 |
| | 4 | Chapter 19: Cleopatra | 03:12 |
| | 5 | Suddenly, a light tap visited my shoulder | 03:54 |
| | 6 | Chapter 20: The Concert | 03:27 |
| | 7 | We alighted under a portico… | 05:02 |
| | 8 | On the concert I need not dwell… | 03:20 |
| | 9 | The concert over, the Lottery… | 05:18 |
| | 10 | Chapter 21: Reaction | 06:24 |
| | 11 | After breakfast my custom was to withdraw… | 03:55 |
| | 12 | I stole from the room… | 03:53 |
| | 13 | Chapter 22: The Letter | 03:46 |
| | 14 | A warm hand, taking my cold fingers… | 03:42 |
| | 15 | Chapter 23: Vashti | 04:58 |
| | 16 | Towards midnight, when the deepening tragedy… | 06:44 |
Disc 4
| | 1 | Chapter 24: M. De Bassompierre | 05:15 |
| | 2 | The keen, still cold of the morning… | 04:37 |
| | 3 | Chapter 25: The Little Countess | 03:17 |
| | 4 | Next day, when we were all assembled… | 04:27 |
| | 5 | But she had other moods besides… | 04:48 |
| | 6 | Chapter 26: A Burial | 03:36 |
| | 7 | At seven o'clock the moon rose. | 03:24 |
| | 8 | Paulina Mary sought my frequent presence… | 04:42 |
| | 9 | Our German mistress, Fraulein Anna Braun… | 03:34 |
| | 10 | Chapter 27: The Hotel Crecy | 05:03 |
| | 11 | At dinner that day… | 05:01 |
| | 12 | Chapter 28: The Watchguard | 03:46 |
| | 13 | After all this amiability… | 05:39 |
| | 14 | Chapter 29: Monsieur's Fete | 03:52 |
| | 15 | At last there issued forth a voice… | 04:11 |
| | 16 | Yet with a strange evanescent anger… | 06:29 |
Disc 5
| | 1 | Chapter 30: M. Paul | 03:28 |
| | 2 | 'Women of intellect' was his next theme. | 03:54 |
| | 3 | Chapter 31: The Dryad | 04:21 |
| | 4 | 'Goodnight' left my lips in sound… | 05:56 |
| | 5 | Chapter 32: The First Letter | 06:49 |
| | 6 | Chapter 33: M. Paul Keeps His Promise | 03:53 |
| | 7 | The meal over, the party were free… | 04:30 |
| | 8 | Chapter 34: Malevola | 05:48 |
| | 9 | Leaving Madame Walraven's inhospitable salon… | 06:26 |
| | 10 | Perhaps the musing fit… | 04:14 |
| | 11 | Chapter 35: Fraternity | 05:42 |
| | 12 | After school that day… | 05:13 |
| | 13 | Chapter 36: The Apple of Discord | 06:19 |
| | 14 | You have not yet read the brochure… | 07:07 |
Disc 6
| | 1 | Chapter 37: Sunshine | 05:04 |
| | 2 | The room was now darkening… | 04:34 |
| | 3 | Chapter 38: Cloud | 03:50 |
| | 4 | The last day broke. | 04:16 |
| | 5 | All that evening I waited… | 04:55 |
| | 6 | Quiet Rue Fossette! | 03:10 |
| | 7 | The swaying tide swept this way… | 05:15 |
| | 8 | Chapter 39: Old and New Acquaintances | 04:53 |
| | 9 | We have looked at the city belle… | 05:44 |
| | 10 | Chapter 40: The Happy Pair | 05:46 |
| | 11 | Chapter 41: Faubourg Clothilde | 05:56 |
| | 12 | Chapter 42: Finis | 03:37 |
Total Playing Time: 07:12:34