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Queen's Necklace

Name: Queen's Necklace
Author: Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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PROLOGUE, Part I. THE PREDICTIONS (13:05)
PROLOGUE, Part II. M. DE LA PEROUSE (47:19)
I. TWO UNKNOWN LADIES (12:09)
II. AN INTERIOR (8:04)
III. JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS (15:50)
IV. BELUS (8:16)
V. THE ROAD TO VERSAILLES (10:38)
VI. LAURENT (14:25)
VII. THE QUEEN'S BED-CHAMBER (17:22)
VIII. THE QUEEN'S PETITE LEVEE (12:01)
IX. THE SWISS LAKE (6:33)
X. THE TEMPTER (8:22)
XI. M. DE SUFFREN (9:18)
XII. M. DE CHARNY (7:39)
XIII. THE ONE HUNDRED LOUIS OF THE QUEEN (4:03)
XIV. M. FINGRET (6:52)
XV. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN (14:37)
XVI. MESMER AND ST. MARTIN (5:58)
XVII. THE BUCKET (9:37)
XVIII. MADEMOISELLE OLIVIA (7:49)
XIX. MONSIEUR BEAUSIRE (4:39)
XX. GOLD (5:58)
XXI. LA PETITE MAISON (15:47)
XXII. SOME WORDS ABOUT THE OPERA (3:07)
XXIII. THE BALL AT THE OPERA (20:54)
XXIV. THE EXAMINATION (3:54)
XXV. THE ACADEMY OF M. BEAUSIRE (13:18)
XXVI. THE AMBASSADOR (6:22)
XXVII. MESSRS. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGE (5:19)
XXVIII. THE AMBASSADOR'S HOTEL (7:18)
XXIX. THE BARGAIN (6:53)
XXX. THE JOURNALIST'S HOUSE (10:31)
XXXI. HOW TWO FRIENDS BECAME ENEMIES (8:34)
XXXII. THE HOUSE IN THE RUE ST. GILLES (12:07)
XXXIII. THE HEAD OF THE TAVERNEY FAMILY (5:45)
XXXIV. THE STANZAS OF M. DE PROVENCE (6:51)
XXXV. THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE (8:31)
XXXVI. THE QUEEN (13:22)
XXXVII. AN ALIBI (10:51)
XXXVIII. M. DE CROSNE (7:03)
XXXIX. THE TEMPTRESS (5:30)
XL. TWO AMBITIONS THAT WISH TO PASS FOR TWO LOVES (3:35)
XLI. FACES UNDER THEIR MASKS (11:32)
XLII. IN WHICH M. DUCORNEAU UNDERSTANDS NOTHING OF WHAT IS PASSING (8:32)
XLIII. ILLUSIONS AND REALITY (3:46)
XLIV. OLIVA BEGINS TO ASK WHAT THEY WANT OF HER (4:23)
XLV. THE DESERTED HOUSE (2:39)
XLVI. JEANNE THE PROTECTRESS (5:44)
XLVII. JEANNE PROTECTED (7:11)
XLVIII. THE QUEEN'S PORTFOLIO (3:59)
XLIX. IN WHICH WE FIND DR. LOUIS (5:11)
L. AEGRI SOMNIA (5:08)
LI. ANDREE (6:16)
LII. DELIRIUM (4:13)
LIII. CONVALESCENCE (6:43)
LIV. TWO BLEEDING HEARTS (8:16)
LV. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE (5:08)
LVI. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN (8:30)
LVII. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR (6:05)
LVIII. FAMILY ACCOUNTS (5:23)
LIX. MARIE ANTOINETTE AS QUEEN AND MADAME DE LA MOTTE AS WOMAN (5:33)
LX. THE RECEIPT OF MM. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGE, AND THE GRATITUDE OF THE QUEEN (5:00)
LXI. THE PRISONER (7:14)
LXII. THE LOOK OUT (3:09)
LXIII. THE TWO NEIGHBORS (5:49)
LXIV. THE RENDEZVOUS (4:40)
LXV. THE QUEEN'S HAND (3:08)
LXVI. WOMAN AND QUEEN (8:10)
LXVII. WOMAN AND DEMON (6:57)
LXVIII. THE NIGHT (6:13)
LXIX. THE CONGE (6:13)
LXX. THE JEALOUSY OF THE CARDINAL (11:02)
LXXI. THE FLIGHT (6:30)
LXXII. THE LETTER AND THE RECEIPT (5:03)
LXIII. ''Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis'' (7:21)
LXXIV. LOVE AND DIPLOMACY (5:41)
LXXV. CHARNY, CARDINAL AND QUEEN (6:03)
LXXVI. EXPLANATIONS (7:45)
LXXVII. THE ARREST (7:25)
LXXVIII. THE PROCES-VERBAL (5:11)
LXXIX. THE LAST ACCUSATION (6:40)
LXXX. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE (5:56)
LXXXI. ST DENIS (2:18)
LXXXII. A DEAD HEART (5:25)
LXXXIII. IN WHICH IT IS EXPLAINED WHY THE BARON DE TAVERNEY GREW FAT (4:00)
LXXXIV. THE FATHER AND THE FIANCEE (5:42)
LXXXV. AFTER THE DRAGON, THE VIPER (5:01)
LXXXVI. HOW IT CAME TO PASS THAT M. BEAUSIRE WAS TRACKED BY THE AGENTS OF M. CROSNE (4:02)
LXXXVII. THE TURTLES ARE CAGED (17:44)
LXXXVIII. THE LAST HOPE LOST (3:15)
LXXXIX. THE BAPTISM OF THE LITTLE BEAUSIRE (1:51)
XC. THE TRIAL (6:49)
XCI. THE EXECUTION (8:36)
XCII. THE MARRIAGE (4:35)