Salammbô Chapter 2 - At Sicca, part 2
In which the restless spirit of discontent stirs among the mercenaries and barbarians, as sorrows and desires intertwine beneath the heavy shadow of Carthaginian authority, while whispered rumours and...
26 Kesä 31min
Salammbô Chapter 2 - At Sicca, part 1
In which a motley host of battle-worn mercenaries depart the city of Carthage with a mixture of distrust, revelry, and heavy hearts, crossing diverse landscapes that bear silent witness to their weary...
24 Kesä 28min
Salammbô Chapter 1 - The Feast, part 2
In which the solemn daughter of Hamilcar descends upon the assembled mercenaries clad in a sombre mantle and adorned with jewels, her voice weaving ancient theogonies and impassioned complaints that s...
22 Kesä 26min
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 Kesä 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 Kesä 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 Kesä 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 Kesä 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 Kesä 44min
