Madame Butterfly

John Luther Long (1861 - 1927)

Madame Butterfly is the story of the young Japanese girl Cho-Cho San, who marries a flighty American naval officer, and is thenceforth outcast from her relatives. Anxiously she awaits the return of her beloved husband, but when he finally anchors in the harbour, Cho-Cho San does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.

This short story by John Luther Long has inspired Giacomo Puccini to write the opera of the same name. (Introduction by Availle)

Genre(s): Romance

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapters 1 - 3 Availle
00:13:49
Play 02 Chapters 4 - 6 Availle
00:25:11
Play 03 Chapters 7 - 8 Availle
00:20:51
Play 04 Chapters 9 - 11 Availle
00:30:20
Play 05 Chapters 12 - 15 Availle
00:25:25