Length14h 30m
About this audiobook
Carnival is a 1912 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. A London ballet dancer falls in love with an aristocrat, but refuses to become his mistress and instead marries a Cornish farmer with ultimately tragic consequences. It was a commercial and critical success on its release.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Romance
Length14 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter I The Birth of Columbine
25Chapter XXV Monotone
2Chapter II Fairies at the Christening
26Chapter XXVI In Scyros
3Chapter III Dawn Shadows
27Chapter XXVII Quartette
4Chapter IV The Ancient Mischief
28Chapter XXVIII St. Valentine's Eve
5Chapter V Pretty Apples in Eden
29Chapter XXIX Columbine at Dawn
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6Chapter VI Shepherd's Calendar
30Chapter XXX Lugete, O Veneres
7Chapter VII Ambition Wakes
31Chapter XXXI A Document in Madness
8Chapter VIII Ambition Looks in the Glass
32Chapter XXXII Pageantry of Death
9Chapter IX Life, Art and Love
33Chapter XXXIII Loose Ends
10Chapter X Drury Lane and Covent Garden
34Chapter XXXIV Mr. Z. Trewhella
11Chapter XI The Orient Palace of Varieties
35Chapter XXXV The Marriage of Columbine
12Chapter XII Growing Old
36Chapter XXXVI The Tragic Loading
13Chapter XIII The Ballet of Cupid
37Chapter XXXVII Columbine in the Dark
14Chapter XIV Rain on the Roof
38Chapter XXXVIII The Alien Corn
15Chapter XV Cras Amet
39Chapter XXXIX Intermezzo
16Chapter XVI Loves Halcyon
40Chapter XL Harvest Home
17Chapter XVII Columbine Asleep
41Chapter XLI Columbine Happy
18Chapter XVIII Sweet and Twenty
42Chapter XLII Shaded Sunlight
19Chapter XIX The Gift of Opals
43Chapter XLIII Bow Bells
20Chapter XX Fête Galante
44Chapter XLIV Picking Up Threads
21Chapter XXI Epilogue
45Chapter XLV London Pride
22Chapter XXII The Unfinished Statue
46Chapter XLVI May Morning
23Chapter XXIII Two Letters
47Chapter XLVII Nightlight Time
24Chapter XXIV Journey's End
48Chapter XLVIII Carni Vale
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