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Modeste Mignon

Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
Translated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley (1830 - 1908)

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.)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Group: Balzac's Human Comedy

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Dedication and Chapter 1 - The Chalet	Don W. Jenkins	00:20:40
Play 02	02 - A Portrait from Life	Ata Khudayberdiev	00:13:17
Play 03	03 - Preliminaries	Don W. Jenkins	00:19:34
Play 04	04 - A Simple Story	Don W. Jenkins	00:17:40
Play 05	05 - The Problem Still Unsolved	Don W. Jenkins	00:17:49
Play 06	06 - A Maiden's First Romance	Don W. Jenkins	00:21:54
Play 07	07 - A Poet of the Angelic School	Don W. Jenkins	00:27:40
Play 08	08 - Blade to Blade	Don W. Jenkins	00:21:33
Play 09	09 - The Power of the Unseen	Don W. Jenkins	00:17:24
Play 10	10 - The Marriage of Souls	Don W. Jenkins	00:24:06
Play 11	11 - What Comes of Correspondence	Don W. Jenkins	00:16:06
Play 12	12 - A Declaration of Love, Set to Music	Chris Caron	00:22:34
Play 13	13 - A Full-Length Portrait of Monsieur de la Briere	Don W. Jenkins	00:25:10
Play 14	14 - Matters Grown Complicated	Don W. Jenkins	00:24:15
Play 15	15 - A Father Steps in	Don W. Jenkins	00:27:08
Play 16	16 - Disenchanted	Nadine Eckert-Boulet	00:11:32
Play 17	17 - A Third Suitor	Don W. Jenkins	00:21:51
Play 18	18 - A Splendid First Appearance	Don W. Jenkins	00:21:13
Play 19	19 - Of which the Author Thinks a Good Deal	Don W. Jenkins	00:23:56
Play 20	20 - The Poet Does his Exercises	Don W. Jenkins	00:20:56
Play 21	21 - Modeste Plays her Part	Chris Caron	00:20:38
Play 22	22 - A Riddle Guessed	Don W. Jenkins	00:18:22
Play 23	23 - Butscha Distinguishes himself	Anna Simon	00:16:29
Play 24	24 - The Poet Feels that he is Loved too Well	Don W. Jenkins	00:22:18
Play 25	25 - A Diplomatic Letter	Don W. Jenkins	00:15:41
Play 26	26 - True Love	Don W. Jenkins	00:14:58
Play 27	27 - A Girl's Revenge	Nadine Eckert-Boulet	00:15:11
Play 28	28 - Modeste Behaves with Dignity	Nadine Eckert-Boulet	00:15:26
Play 29	29 - Conclusion	Nadine Eckert-Boulet	00:13:24

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