Bronte, C.: Villette (Unabridged)

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Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Chapter 1: Bretton - 6:26
2. That same evening at nine o'clock … - 5:26
3. On going to bed an hour afterwards … - 4:43
4. Chapter 2: Paulina - 5:16
5. Mr. Home was a stern-featured … - 5:09
6. Graham was at that time … - 5:18
7. Chapter 3: The Playmates - 4:40
8. Graham - not failing in his way … - 4:37
9. It happened that Graham was not … - 4:47
10. It was sufficiently comical … - 4:58
11. Graham forgot his impatience … - 5:22
12. With these words she gathered Graham … - 4:57
13. Her lip trembled … - 4:38
14. When I thought she could listen to me … - 3:57
15. Chapter 4: Miss Marchmont - 7:02

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Two hot, close rooms thus became my world … - 4:54
2. I love Memory to-night,' she said. - 5:39
3. What is the matter?' I demanded. - 4:39
4. Chapter 5: Turning a New Leaf - 5:42
5. I stored up this piece of casual information. - 5:28
6. Chapter 6: London - 4:53
7. My state of mind, and all accompanying … - 6:37
8. Towards morning her discourse ran … - 5:22
9. She stared, then carelessly ran on … - 5:09
10. I was not sick till long after … - 5:09
11. Chapter 7: Villette - 5:35
12. I had hoped we might reach Villette … - 5:00
13. He tore a leaf from his pocket-book … - 4:53
14. A quarter of an hour passed … - 6:21

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Chapter 8: Madame Beck - 5:50
2. Her duty done - I felt that … - 4:52
3. When attired, Madame Beck … - 5:29
4. As Madame Beck ruled … - 3:37
5. Behind the house was a large garden … - 6:25
6. Dites donc,' said Madame sternly. - 4:48
7. It seems that three titled belles … - 4:29
8. Chapter 9: Isidore - 5:20
9. By degrees, as I acquired fluency … - 6:00
10. Finding that she carried the thing … - 5:07
11. I viewed her from top to toe. - 5:12
12. That will do, Miss Fanshawe.' - 4:45
13. Chapter 10: Dr. John - 5:04
14. It appeared she did not find … - 5:51
15. No sooner did Fifine emerge … - 5:53

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Chapter 11: The Portress's Cabinet - 5:32
2. Had she, indeed, floating visions … - 4:43
3. But while I pondered … - 5:25
4. Chapter 12: The Casket - 5:25
5. From the first I was tempted … - 5:07
6. To-night, I was not so mutinous … - 6:12
7. I wish I did know whom …' - 3:55
8. He stood looking down … - 4:07
9. Chapter 13: A Sneeze Out of Season - 4:54
10. When I vanished … - 5:02
11. On revisiting my drawers … - 5:18
12. Le marmot n'a rien, n'est-ce pas?' - 4:40
13. He instantly tore the billet … - 4:36
14. Chapter 14: The Fete - 5:18
15. About this time … - 5:32

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. The day preceding Madame's fete … - 5:37
2. Being dressed at least a couple … - 5:18
3. A thousand objections rushed … - 5:01
4. In this exercise the afternoon passed … - 5:27
5. In an instant we were out of doors … - 5:40
6. St. Pierre sneered again … - 5:28
7. No sooner was the play over … - 5:17
8. Madame knew something of the world; - 5:20
9. I suppose you are nobody's daughter …' - 5:44
10. The answer Dr. John would have given … - 5:04
11. I may, perhaps, look after her a little;' - 3:48
12. I cut short these confidences somewhat …' - 3:12
13. Chapter 15: The Long Vacation - 5:06
14. I hesitate,' said he, - 4:01
15. My heart almost died within me; - 4:56

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. The cretin being gone … - 6:02
2. One evening - I was not delirious … - 4:54
3. Of course, I had not expected he would be … - 6:03
4. Chapter 16: Auld Lang Syne - 5:20
5. Where was I? - 5:18
6. Reader; I felt alarmed! - 5:40
7. Do you like it, Polly?' I asked. - 5:30
8. Do let me go down-stairs, madam.' - 6:26
9. To say anything on the subject … - 4:24
10. For my part, I just ventured to inquire … - 4:00
11. Chapter 17: La Terrasse - 5:51
12. She left me, and I lay in bed … - 5:34
13. What did Madame Beck mean …' - 5:04
14. Lucy, you ought to travel for about …' - 5:37

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Chapter 18: We Quarrel - 5:46
2. To one who had named him 'slave,' - 5:13
3. Ginevra!' He thought her so fair … - 5:34
4. Chapter 19: The Cleopatra - 5:14
5. His mother possessed a good development … - 5:10
6. It seemed to me that an original and good … - 5:14
7. M. Paul's hair was shorn close as raven down. - 5:32
8. How did you get on with Marie Broc?' - 6:43
9. Chapter 20: The Concert - 4:56
10. By this time we had got into … - 5:13
11. Observing that Dr. John's attention … - 5:49
12. I knew another of these seraphs … - 5:11
13. Ginevra saw you, I think?' - 5:33
14. The concert over, the Lottery … - 4:20

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. We did not easily regain our seats … - 5:28
2. And yet he had neither forgiven … - 3:40
3. I am so: just as Rhadamanthus …' - 3:33
4. Chapter 21: Reaction - 5:14
5. If,' muttered she, 'if he should write' - 5:15
6. Ere long the bell rang its reveillee … - 5:50
7. I had time to bathe my eyes … - 5:55
8. Go to your practising,' said I - 5:01
9. A fortnight passed; - 5:56
10. When I re-entered the schoolroom … - 6:40
11. Chapter 22: The Letter - 5:21
12. Say what you will, reader … - 5:11
13. He asked me, smiling, - 6:20
14. They will not come here,' I answered; - 5:56

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Chapter 23: Vashti - 6:02
2. Mademoiselle Lucy!' cried Rosine … - 4:59
3. The theatre was full … - 5:17
4. Vashti was not good, I was told; - 5:23
5. And Dr. John? Reader, I see him yet … - 5:14
6. Where is Harriet? I wish Harriet …' - 5:37
7. Chapter 24: M. De Bassompierre - 5:13
8. I suppose animals kept in cages … - 5:24
9. Soured and listless, Miss Fanshawe was … - 4:52
10. I opened the billet: by this time … - 5:53
11. The keen, still cold of the morning … - 5:40
12. Ah! And you remember the old time …' - 5:48
13. Chapter 25: The Little Countess - 5:44
14. Your ladyship wishes for the tankard?' - 3:39

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Next day, when we were all assembled … - 5:05
2. His fair little daughter did not take … - 5:27
3. Mrs. Bretton asked Mr. Home … - 5:24
4. Paulina Mary cast once or twice … - 5:30
5. Chapter 26: A Burial - 5:20
6. Welcome I endeavoured to make it. - 5:46
7. Well, I cleared away the ivy … - 6:44
8. As to Mary de Bassompierre … - 5:32
9. The light in which M. de Bassompierre … - 5:33
10. The young Countess was a little proud … - 6:25
11. Chapter 27: The Hotel Crecy - 5:27
12. Do - do tell me who you are?' - 5:32
13. I do not think his audience … - 3:50
14. Another listener and observer there was … - 6:16

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. He had assumed a bantering air … - 5:10
2. I quite well recall it.' - 5:10
3. Having sought my shawl … - 6:34
4. Chapter 28: The Watchguard - 5:16
5. Not being quite tall enough … - 5:20
6. Still gently railing at me … - 5:30
7. Vous ne voulez pas …' - 6:38
8. I would have looked up at him … - 5:13
9. Chapter 29: Monsieur's Fete - 5:22
10. Breakfast being over and mass attended … - 5:35
11. Monsieur,' said Mademoiselle St. Pierre. - 5:20
12. The class was struck of a heap. - 5:19
13. But now at last I had him: - 5:05
14. You will be like me, Monsieur.' - 4:59

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. Chapter 30: M. Paul - 5:13
2. When the pang and peril … - 5:22
3. Once, upon his preferring … - 5:33
4. Women of intellect' was his next theme: - 4:03
5. I knew what the result of such … - 4:22
6. Chapter 31: The Dryad - 6:00
7. Courage, Lucy Snowe!' - 5:27
8. This idea of 'keeping down' … - 5:19
9. It pleased me when you took them …' - 4:11
10. Why do you shrink and speak so faintly?' - 4:18
11. Chapter 32: The First Letter - 5:18
12. Papa had letters from him once …' - 5:08
13. It is true I little respect women …' - 5:28
14. Life,' she went on … - 5:34
15. Chapter 33: M. Paul Keeps His Promise - 5:48

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. And now we were in the country … - 5:20
2. Mindful always of his religion … - 3:30
3. When hot noon arrived … - 4:18
4. Chapter 34: Malevola - 5:31
5. The expression of her face … - 5:13
6. Down washed the rain … - 5:38
7. The hero of his tale … - 5:57
8. I, daughter, am Pere Silas.' - 5:57
9. Chapter 35: Fraternity - 5:40
10. Having partially collected … - 5:32
11. They would not yet let me go … - 5:51
12. I am judged,' said he. - 6:38
13. True; I remember now.' - 6:08
14. Chapter 36: The Apple of Discord - 4:55

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. The orange-trees, and several plants … - 5:25
2. I opened it. What was it? - 5:18
3. Through the glass door … - 5:12
4. (After a pause:) 'Allons donc!' - 5:02
5. I found that Pere Silas … - 4:52
6. It will not be. God is not with Rome … - 5:27
7. Chapter 37: Sunshine - 5:07
8. Lucy, what do you mean?' said she - 5:26
9. I made no answer. - 4:57
10. Ah, sir! did you observe her. - 5:17
11. She shuddered. - 5:12
12. He turned, and waited till I said 'Amen!' - 5:14
13. Not long after, perhaps a fortnight … - 4:46
14. Chapter 38: Cloud - 5:03
15. That girl would have had a right to hate me … - 4:21

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. What quiet lessons I had - 5:43
2. Proceed,' said Madame; - 5:39
3. All that evening I waited … - 5:03
4. This was the sole flash-eliciting … - 4:58
5. The drug wrought. - 5:09
6. Quiet Rue Fossette! - 5:18
7. While looking up at the image … - 5:34
8. Strange to say, this man knew me … - 6:58
9. Three fine tall trees growing close … - 5:28
10. Chapter 39: Old and New Acquaintance - 5:09
11. Justine Marie!' What was this? - 5:11
12. We have looked at the city belle … - 5:01
13. Still, hint and raillery flew thick … - 5:35

Villette (more info)
Charlotte Bronte,
Mandy Weston, reader


1. These oil-twinkling streets are very still … - 5:42
2. Chapter 40: The Happy Pair - 5:21
3. Do you begin to comprehend …' - 4:50
4. In winding up Mistress Fanshawe's memoirs … - 4:48
5. Chapter 41: Faubourg Clotilde - 5:25
6. Paul, Paul!' said a woman's hurried voice … - 5:09
7. The route he took was by the boulevards … - 5:08
8. Opening an inner door … - 5:19
9. The trouble!' I cried … - 4:23
10. This was true enough: - 4:49
11. I spoke. All escaped from my lips. - 4:07
12. Chapter 42: Finis - 5:32
13. And now the three years are past … - 3:09

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