Modeste Mignon by Honoré de BALZAC (1799 - 1850), translated by Katherine Prescott WORMELEY (1830 - 1908)
Genre(s): General Fiction, Romance
Read by: Don W. Jenkins, Ata Khudayberdiev, Chris Caron, Nadine Eckert-Boulet, Anna Simon in English
Parts:
Part 1 [ Ссылка ]
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 22 - 22 - A Riddle Guessed
00:18:22 - 23 - 23 - Butscha Distinguishes himself
00:34:51 - 24 - 24 - The Poet Feels that he is Loved too Well
00:57:10 - 25 - 25 - A Diplomatic Letter
01:12:51 - 26 - 26 - True Love
01:27:49 - 27 - 27 - A Girl's Revenge
01:43:00 - 28 - 28 - Modeste Behaves with Dignity
01:58:26 - 29 - 29 - Conclusion
Modeste Mignon, a young provincial woman of romantic temperament, imagines herself to be in love with the famous Parisian poet Melchior de Canalis. However, he is not moved by her attentions. He invites his secretary Ernest de la Brière to 'deal with the matter'. Ernest answers Modeste's letters in his name and acts as her lover, disguised as Canalis. The scene changes dramatically when Ernest discoveres that Modeste is, in fact, a rich heiress. Will he be able to win her heart despite his lie? (Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.)
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