Salammbô Chapter 1 - The Feast, part 1
In which a riotous feast unfolds in the gardens of Hamilcar at Megara, where soldiers of diverse nations gather to celebrate victory with lavish food, wine, and raw merriment beneath luxuriant trees a...
20 Jun 26min
Sentimental Education Chapter 20 - Wait till You Come to Forty Year'
In which two old friends, Frederick and Deslauriers, meet by the fireside to exchange the curious and sometimes comical particulars of their altered fortunes, reflecting on their youthful ambitions an...
18 Jun 10min
Sentimental Education Chapter 19 - A Bitter-sweet Reunion
In which the melancholy of travel and the fading bloom of youthful passion give way to a chance encounter steeped in tender remembrance and the quiet acceptance of time’s changes. Two souls revisit th...
16 Jun 11min
Sentimental Education Chapter 18 - An Auction
In which a young gentleman’s tender anxitions, entangled with matters of finance and allegiance, lead him through scenes of distress and reconciliation among those whose lives brush intimately against...
14 Jun 36min
Sentimental Education Chapter 17 - A Strange Betrothal part 2
In which the wearisome routine of domestic care and social subterfuge reveals the fragile intricacies of love and debt among a circle bound by ambition and faded hopes. The shadows cast by financial s...
12 Jun 44min
Sentimental Education Chapter 17 - A Strange Betrothal part 1
In which the industrious and astute advocate Deslauriers manoeuvres the political and social currents to aid Frederick’s candidature, while the ailing and imperious M. Dambreuse faces his decline amid...
10 Jun 39min
Sentimental Education Chapter 16 - Unpleasant News from Rosanette
In which Frederick's days unfold between the soft radiance of Rosanette's presence and the stirring complexities of his encounters with Madame Arnoux and Madame Dambreuse, set against the backdrop of ...
8 Jun 39min
Sentimental Education Chapter 15 - How Happy Could I Be with Either'
In which a gathering at Madame Dambreuse’s elegant residence weaves together the ardours and intrigues of love, society’s whispered judgments, and spirited discussions on politics and art, revealing t...
6 Jun 36min
