BRONTE, C.: Villette (Unabridged).

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Main Author: Bronte, Charlotte (Author)
Corporate Author: Naxos Digital Services
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated 2007.
Series:Naxos Spoken Word Library.
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • While looking up at the image {u2026} ( 05 min., 34 sec. )
  • Strange to say, this man knew me {u2026} ( 06 min., 58 sec. )
  • Three fine tall trees growing close {u2026} ( 05 min., 28 sec. )
  • Chapter 39: Old and New Acquaintance ( 05 min., 09 sec. )
  • Justine Marie!' What was this? ( 05 min., 11 sec. )
  • We have looked at the city belle {u2026} ( 05 min., 01 sec. )
  • Still, hint and raillery flew thick {u2026} ( 05 min., 35 sec. )
  • These oil-twinkling streets are very still {u2026} ( 05 min., 42 sec. )
  • Chapter 40: The Happy Pair ( 05 min., 21 sec. )
  • Do you begin to comprehend {u2026}' ( 04 min., 50 sec. )
  • In winding up Mistress Fanshawe's memoirs {u2026} ( 04 min., 48 sec. )
  • Chapter 41: Faubourg Clotilde ( 05 min., 25 sec. )
  • Paul, Paul!' said a woman's hurried voice {u2026} ( 05 min., 09 sec. )
  • The route he took was by the boulevards {u2026} ( 05 min., 08 sec. )
  • Opening an inner door {u2026} ( 05 min., 19 sec. )
  • The trouble!' I cried {u2026} ( 04 min., 23 sec. )
  • This was true enough: ( 04 min., 49 sec. )
  • I spoke. All escaped from my lips. ( 04 min., 07 sec. )
  • Chapter 42: Finis ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • And now the three years are past {u2026} ( 03 min., 09 sec. )
  • Chapter 18: We Quarrel ( 05 min., 46 sec. )
  • To one who had named him 'slave,' ( 05 min., 13 sec. )
  • Ginevra!' He thought her so fair {u2026} ( 05 min., 34 sec. )
  • Chapter 19: The Cleopatra ( 05 min., 14 sec. )
  • His mother possessed a good development {u2026} ( 05 min., 10 sec. )
  • It seemed to me that an original and good {u2026} ( 05 min., 14 sec. )
  • M. Paul's hair was shorn close as raven down. ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • How did you get on with Marie Broc?' ( 06 min., 43 sec. )
  • Chapter 20: The Concert ( 04 min., 56 sec. )
  • By this time we had got into {u2026} ( 05 min., 13 sec. )
  • Observing that Dr. John's attention {u2026} ( 05 min., 49 sec. )
  • I knew another of these seraphs {u2026} ( 05 min., 11 sec. )
  • Quiet Rue Fossette! ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • The drug wrought. ( 05 min., 09 sec. )
  • This was the sole flash-eliciting {u2026} ( 04 min., 58 sec. )
  • All that evening I waited {u2026} ( 05 min., 03 sec. )
  • Proceed,' said Madame; ( 05 min., 39 sec. )
  • What quiet lessons I had ( 05 min., 43 sec. )
  • That girl would have had a right to hate me {u2026} ( 04 min., 21 sec. )
  • Chapter 38: Cloud ( 05 min., 03 sec. )
  • Not long after, perhaps a fortnight {u2026} ( 04 min., 46 sec. )
  • He turned, and waited till I said 'Amen!' ( 05 min., 14 sec. )
  • She shuddered. ( 05 min., 12 sec. )
  • Ah, sir! did you observe her. ( 05 min., 17 sec. )
  • I made no answer. ( 04 min., 57 sec. )
  • Lucy, what do you mean?' said she ( 05 min., 26 sec. )
  • Chapter 37: Sunshine ( 05 min., 07 sec. )
  • It will not be. God is not with Rome {u2026} ( 05 min., 27 sec. )
  • I found that Pere Silas {u2026} ( 04 min., 52 sec. )
  • (After a pause:) 'Allons donc!' ( 05 min., 02 sec. )
  • Through the glass door {u2026} ( 05 min., 12 sec. )
  • I opened it. What was it? ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • The orange-trees, and several plants {u2026} ( 05 min., 25 sec. )
  • Ginevra saw you, I think?' ( 05 min., 33 sec. )
  • The concert over, the Lottery {u2026} ( 04 min., 20 sec. )
  • We did not easily regain our seats {u2026} ( 05 min., 28 sec. )
  • And yet he had neither forgiven {u2026} ( 03 min., 40 sec. )
  • I am so: just as Rhadamanthus {u2026}' ( 03 min., 33 sec. )
  • Chapter 21: Reaction ( 05 min., 14 sec. )
  • If,' muttered she, 'if he should write' ( 05 min., 15 sec. )
  • Ere long the bell rang its reveillee {u2026} ( 05 min., 50 sec. )
  • I had time to bathe my eyes {u2026} ( 05 min., 55 sec. )
  • Go to your practising,' said I ( 05 min., 01 sec. )
  • A fortnight passed; ( 05 min., 56 sec. )
  • When I re-entered the schoolroom {u2026} ( 06 min., 40 sec. )
  • Chapter 22: The Letter ( 05 min., 21 sec. )
  • Say what you will, reader {u2026} ( 05 min., 11 sec. )
  • He asked me, smiling, ( 06 min., 20 sec. )
  • They will not come here,' I answered; ( 05 min., 56 sec. )
  • Chapter 23: Vashti ( 06 min., 02 sec. )
  • Mademoiselle Lucy!' cried Rosine {u2026} ( 04 min., 59 sec. )
  • The theatre was full {u2026} ( 05 min., 17 sec. )
  • Vashti was not good, I was told; ( 05 min., 23 sec. )
  • And Dr. John? Reader, I see him yet {u2026} ( 05 min., 14 sec. )
  • Where is Harriet? I wish Harriet {u2026}' ( 05 min., 37 sec. )
  • Chapter 24: M. De Bassompierre ( 05 min., 13 sec. )
  • I suppose animals kept in cages {u2026} ( 05 min., 24 sec. )
  • Soured and listless, Miss Fanshawe was {u2026} ( 04 min., 52 sec. )
  • I opened the billet: by this time {u2026} ( 05 min., 53 sec. )
  • The keen, still cold of the morning {u2026} ( 05 min., 40 sec. )
  • Ah! And you remember the old time {u2026}' ( 05 min., 48 sec. )
  • Chapter 25: The Little Countess ( 05 min., 44 sec. )
  • Your ladyship wishes for the tankard?' ( 03 min., 39 sec. )
  • Next day, when we were all assembled {u2026} ( 05 min., 05 sec. )
  • His fair little daughter did not take {u2026} ( 05 min., 27 sec. )
  • Mrs. Bretton asked Mr. Home {u2026} ( 05 min., 24 sec. )
  • Paulina Mary cast once or twice {u2026} ( 05 min., 30 sec. )
  • Chapter 26: A Burial ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • Welcome I endeavoured to make it. ( 05 min., 46 sec. )
  • Well, I cleared away the ivy {u2026} ( 06 min., 44 sec. )
  • As to Mary de Bassompierre {u2026} ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • The light in which M. de Bassompierre {u2026} ( 05 min., 33 sec. )
  • The young Countess was a little proud {u2026} ( 06 min., 25 sec. )
  • Chapter 27: The Hotel Crecy ( 05 min., 27 sec. )
  • Do
  • do tell me who you are?' ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • I do not think his audience {u2026} ( 03 min., 50 sec. )
  • Another listener and observer there was {u2026} ( 06 min., 16 sec. )
  • He had assumed a bantering air {u2026} ( 05 min., 10 sec. )
  • I quite well recall it.' ( 05 min., 10 sec. )
  • Having sought my shawl {u2026} ( 06 min., 34 sec. )
  • Chapter 28: The Watchguard ( 05 min., 16 sec. )
  • Not being quite tall enough {u2026} ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • Still gently railing at me {u2026} ( 05 min., 30 sec. )
  • Vous ne voulez pas {u2026}' ( 06 min., 38 sec. )
  • I would have looked up at him {u2026} ( 05 min., 13 sec. )
  • Chapter 29: Monsieur's Fete ( 05 min., 22 sec. )
  • Breakfast being over and mass attended {u2026} ( 05 min., 35 sec. )
  • Monsieur,' said Mademoiselle St. Pierre. ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • The class was struck of a heap. ( 05 min., 19 sec. )
  • But now at last I had him: ( 05 min., 05 sec. )
  • You will be like me, Monsieur.' ( 04 min., 59 sec. )
  • Chapter 30: M. Paul ( 05 min., 13 sec. )
  • When the pang and peril {u2026} ( 05 min., 22 sec. )
  • Once, upon his preferring {u2026} ( 05 min., 33 sec. )
  • Women of intellect' was his next theme: ( 04 min., 03 sec. )
  • I knew what the result of such {u2026} ( 04 min., 22 sec. )
  • Chapter 31: The Dryad ( 06 min. )
  • Courage, Lucy Snowe!' ( 05 min., 27 sec. )
  • This idea of 'keeping down' {u2026} ( 05 min., 19 sec. )
  • It pleased me when you took them {u2026}' ( 04 min., 11 sec. )
  • Why do you shrink and speak so faintly?' ( 04 min., 18 sec. )
  • Chapter 32: The First Letter ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • Papa had letters from him once {u2026}' ( 05 min., 08 sec. )
  • It is true I little respect women {u2026}' ( 05 min., 28 sec. )
  • Life,' she went on {u2026} ( 05 min., 34 sec. )
  • Chapter 33: M. Paul Keeps His Promise ( 05 min., 48 sec. )
  • And now we were in the country {u2026} ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • Mindful always of his religion {u2026} ( 03 min., 30 sec. )
  • When hot noon arrived {u2026} ( 04 min., 18 sec. )
  • Chapter 34: Malevola ( 05 min., 31 sec. )
  • The expression of her face {u2026} ( 05 min., 13 sec.
  • )
  • Down washed the rain {u2026} ( 05 min., 38 sec. )
  • The hero of his tale {u2026} ( 05 min., 57 sec. )
  • I, daughter, am Pere Silas.' ( 05 min., 57 sec. )
  • Chapter 35: Fraternity ( 05 min., 40 sec. )
  • Having partially collected {u2026} ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • They would not yet let me go {u2026} ( 05 min., 51 sec. )
  • I am judged,' said he. ( 06 min., 38 sec. )
  • True; I remember now.' ( 06 min., 08 sec. )
  • Chapter 36: The Apple of Discord ( 04 min., 55 sec. )
  • Chapter 1: Bretton ( 06 min., 26 sec. )
  • That same evening at nine o'clock {u2026} ( 05 minutes, 26 sec.
  • )
  • On going to bed an hour afterwards {u2026} ( 04 min., 43 sec. )
  • Chapter 2: Paulina ( 05 min., 16 sec. )
  • Mr. Home was a stern-featured {u2026} ( 05 minutes, 09 sec.
  • )
  • Graham was at that time {u2026} ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • Chapter 3: The Playmates ( 04 min., 40 sec. )
  • Graham
  • not failing in his way {u2026} ( 04 min., 37 sec. )
  • It happened that Graham was not {u2026} ( 04 min., 47 sec. )
  • It was sufficiently comical {u2026} ( 04 min., 58 sec. )
  • Graham forgot his impatience {u2026} ( 05 min., 22 sec. )
  • With these words she gathered Graham {u2026} ( 04 min., 57 sec. )
  • Her lip trembled {u2026} ( 04 min., 38 sec. )
  • When I thought she could listen to me {u2026} ( 03 min., 57 sec. )
  • Chapter 4: Miss Marchmont ( 07 min., 02 sec. )
  • Two hot, close rooms thus became my world {u2026} ( 04 min., 54 sec. )
  • I love Memory to-night,' she said. ( 05 min., 39 sec. )
  • What is the matter?' I demanded. ( 04 min., 39 sec. )
  • Chapter 5: Turning a New Leaf ( 05 min., 42 sec. )
  • I stored up this piece of casual information. ( 05 min., 28 sec. )
  • Chapter 6: London ( 04 min., 53 sec. )
  • My state of mind, and all accompanying {u2026} ( 06 min., 37 sec. )
  • Towards morning her discourse ran {u2026} ( 05 min., 22 sec. )
  • She stared, then carelessly ran on {u2026} ( 05 min., 09 sec. )
  • I was not sick till long after {u2026} ( 05 min., 09 sec. )
  • Chapter 7: Villette ( 05 min., 35 sec. )
  • I had hoped we might reach Villette {u2026} ( 05 min. )
  • He tore a leaf from his pocket-book {u2026} ( 04 min., 53 sec. )
  • A quarter of an hour passed {u2026} ( 06 min., 21 sec. )
  • Chapter 8: Madame Beck ( 05 min., 50 sec. )
  • Her duty done
  • I felt that {u2026} ( 04 min., 52 sec. )
  • When attired, Madame Beck {u2026} ( 05 min., 29 sec. )
  • As Madame Beck ruled {u2026} ( 03 min., 37 sec. )
  • Behind the house was a large garden {u2026} ( 06 min., 25 sec. )
  • Dites donc,' said Madame sternly. ( 04 min., 48 sec. )
  • It seems that three titled belles {u2026} ( 04 min., 29 sec. )
  • Chapter 9: Isidore ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • By degrees, as I acquired fluency {u2026} ( 06 min. )
  • Finding that she carried the thing {u2026} ( 05 min., 07 sec. )
  • I viewed her from top to toe. ( 05 min., 12 sec. )
  • That will do, Miss Fanshawe.' ( 04 min., 45 sec. )
  • Chapter 10: Dr. John ( 05 min., 04 sec. )
  • It appeared she did not find {u2026} ( 05 min., 51 sec. )
  • No sooner did Fifine emerge {u2026} ( 05 min., 53 sec. )
  • Chapter 11: The Portress's Cabinet ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • Had she, indeed, floating visions {u2026} ( 04 min., 43 sec. )
  • But while I pondered {u2026} ( 05 min., 25 sec. )
  • Chapter 12: The Casket ( 05 min., 25 sec. )
  • From the first I was tempted {u2026} ( 05 min., 07 sec. )
  • To-night, I was not so mutinous {u2026} ( 06 min., 12 sec. )
  • I wish I did know whom {u2026}' ( 03 min., 55 sec. )
  • He stood looking down {u2026} ( 04 min., 07 sec. )
  • Chapter 13: A Sneeze Out of Season ( 04 min., 54 sec. )
  • When I vanished {u2026} ( 05 min., 02 sec. )
  • On revisiting my drawers {u2026} ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • Le marmot n'a rien, n'est-ce pas?' ( 04 min., 40 sec. )
  • He instantly tore the billet {u2026} ( 04 min., 36 sec. )
  • Chapter 14: The Fete ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • About this time {u2026} ( 05 min., 32 sec. )
  • The day preceding Madame's fete {u2026} ( 05 min., 37 sec. )
  • Being dressed at least a couple {u2026} ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • A thousand objections rushed {u2026} ( 05 min., 01 sec. )
  • In this exercise the afternoon passed {u2026} ( 05 min., 27 sec. )
  • In an instant we were out of doors {u2026} ( 05 min., 40 sec. )
  • St. Pierre sneered again {u2026} ( 05 min., 28 sec. )
  • No sooner was the play over {u2026} ( 05 min., 17 sec. )
  • Madame knew something of the world; ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • I suppose you are nobody's daughter {u2026}' ( 05 min., 44 sec. )
  • The answer Dr. John would have given {u2026} ( 05 min., 04 sec. )
  • I may, perhaps, look after her a little;' ( 03 min., 48 sec. )
  • I cut short these confidences somewhat {u2026}' ( 03 min., 12 sec. )
  • Chapter 15: The Long Vacation ( 05 min., 06 sec. )
  • I hesitate,' said he, ( 04 min., 01 sec. )
  • My heart almost died within me; ( 04 min., 56 sec. )
  • The cretin being gone {u2026} ( 06 min., 02 sec. )
  • One evening
  • I was not delirious {u2026} ( 04 min., 54 sec. )
  • Of course, I had not expected he would be {u2026} ( 06 min., 03 sec. )
  • Chapter 16: Auld Lang Syne ( 05 min., 20 sec. )
  • Where was I? ( 05 min., 18 sec. )
  • Reader; I felt alarmed! ( 05 min., 40 sec. )
  • Do you like it, Polly?' I asked. ( 05 min., 30 sec. )
  • Do let me go down-stairs, madam.' ( 06 min., 26 sec. )
  • To say anything on the subject {u2026} ( 04 min., 24 sec. )
  • For my part, I just ventured to inquire {u2026} ( 04 min. )
  • Chapter 17: La Terrasse ( 05 min., 51 sec. )
  • She left me, and I lay in bed {u2026} ( 05 min., 34 sec. )
  • What did Madame Beck mean {u2026}' ( 05 min., 04 sec. )
  • Lucy, you ought to travel for about {u2026}' ( 05 minutes, 37 sec. )