
"The Mysteries of the People", or History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages
By Eugène SueLength137h 28m
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The Mysteries of the People, or History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages, original in French "Les Mystères du peuple" (1849–1856), was suppressed by the censor in 1857, and several others, all on a very large scale, though the number of volumes gives an exaggerated idea of their length. Some of his books, among them The Wandering Jew and The Mysteries of Paris, were dramatised by himself, usually in collaboration with others. His period of greatest success and popularity coincided with that of Alexandre Dumas, with whom he has been compared.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction
Length137 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Abbatial Crosier; or, Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess
2PROLOGUE
3CHAPTER I. NARBONNE.
4CHAPTER II. ABD-EL-KADER AND ROSEN-AER.
5PART I. THE CONVENT OF ST. SATURNINE
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6CHAPTER I. THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS.
7CHAPTER II. CHARLES MARTEL.
8CHAPTER III. FATHER CLEMENT'S REFECTORY.
9CHAPTER IV. MORDECAI THE SLAVE-DEALER.
10PART II. THE ABBEY OF MERIADEK
11CHAPTER I. ELOI THE GOLDSMITH.
12CHAPTER II. THE INTENDANT RICARIK.
13CHAPTER III. THE ABBESS MEROFLEDE.
14CHAPTER IV. IN SIGHT OF THE ABBEY.
15CHAPTER V. ASYLUM.
16CHAPTER VI. WARRIOR AND ABBESS.
17CHAPTER VII. THE MOUSE-TRAP.
18CHAPTER VIII. THE MIRACLE OF ST. LOUP'S TEETH.
19CHAPTER IX. BRENN—KARNAK.
20CHAPTER X. MISTRESS AND MAN.
21CHAPTER XI. THE FLIGHT.
22CHAPTER XII. MOTHER AND SON.
23The Blacksmith's Hammer; or, The Peasant Code: A Tale of the Grand Monarch
24INTRODUCTION.
25PART I. HOLLAND.
26CHAPTER I. THE ST. ELOI.
27CHAPTER II. BERTHA OF PLOUERNEL.
28CHAPTER III. THE HUGUENOT COLONEL.
29CHAPTER IV. THE LOST LETTER.
30CHAPTER V. JOHN DE WITT.
31CHAPTER VI. CORNELIUS DE WITT.
32CHAPTER VII. MOB-VERDICT.
33CHAPTER VIII. THE FLIGHT.
34PART II. BRITTANY.
35CHAPTER I. NOMINOE.
36CHAPTER II. A BRETON WEDDING.
37CHAPTER III. THE RED-COATS.
38CHAPTER IV. DESERTED!
39CHAPTER V. THE MYSTERY AT PLOUERNEL.
40CHAPTER VI. BERTHA AND NOMINOE.
41CHAPTER VII. EZ-LIBR.
42CHAPTER VIII. THE MANOR OF MEZLEAN.
43CHAPTER IX. THE PEASANTS' DEFEAT.
44CHAPTER X. UNITED.
45EPILOGUE.
46FOOTNOTES:
47The Branding Needle; or, The Monastery of Charolles / A Tale of the First Communal Charter
48TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
49PART I
50CHAPTER I.