COMPLETE [Solo] The Letters of Madame de Sévigné by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal - dl

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » February 26th, 2021, 12:46 pm

Hi Barbara,

Section 2 is PL OK.

Delightful and you are the perfect reader for this project!

Pam

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » February 26th, 2021, 4:05 pm

pnagami wrote: ↑February 26th, 2021, 12:46 pm Hi Barbara,

Section 2 is PL OK.

Delightful and you are the perfect reader for this project!

Pam

Those years of French lessons are paying off .... Thanks for the PL.

Best,

Barbara

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » February 26th, 2021, 4:07 pm

You are welcome!

Pam

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » February 27th, 2021, 6:23 am

Pam, sorry to inflict this upon you but I was dissatisfied with the sound quality of Section 00 (recorded early in the morning when my allergies were at their most rampant) so I re-recorded it tonight - for your PLing pleasure.

David, you will notice that the recording time of Section 00 is now 20:31 (I've altered the MW).

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/letters_00_sevigne_128kb.mp3

Best,

Barbara

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » February 27th, 2021, 7:32 am

No problem, Barbara.

Pam

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » February 27th, 2021, 2:48 pm

Hi Barbara,

The Preface is PL OK.

Sounds great!

Pam

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » March 4th, 2021, 4:58 pm

Section 3

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/letters_03_sevigne_128kb.mp3
M:S
23:18

This is a section that could have done with even more footnotes - I spent some enjoyable time researching the personalities. I think I perceived a quotation from Molière too.

Best,

Barbara

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » March 4th, 2021, 5:58 pm

Hi Barbara,

Section 3 is PL OK.

What a section!

According to Wikipedia, Madame de Sévigné's letters are our principal source for the famous suicide of Vatel. Alhough I haven't been to Versailles, I did visit the wonderful Vaux le Viscomte where Vatel oversaw the magnificent reception for Louis XIV which led to Fouquet's downfall. By the way, there is a pretty good movie, "Vatel," starring Gérard Depardieu, which depicts the events related in the letters.

And La Rochefoucauld--don't you love "Le bonheur n'est pas un événement, c'est une aptitude"?

Pam

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » March 5th, 2021, 1:46 am

pnagami wrote: ↑March 4th, 2021, 5:58 pm
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According to Wikipedia, Madame de Sévigné's letters are our principal source for the famous suicide of Vatel. Alhough I haven't been to Versailles, I did visit the wonderful Vaux le Viscomte where Vatel oversaw the magnificent reception for Louis XIV which led to Fouquet's downfall. By the way, there is a pretty good movie, "Vatel," starring Gérard Depardieu, which depicts the events related in the letters.

And La Rochefoucauld--don't you love "Le bonheur n'est pas un événement, c'est une aptitude"?

Pam

Thanks Pam, and Yes! to La Rochefoucauld.

You enjoyed the movie? I hadn't heard of it but - the extras! the costumes, the expense! It should have looked ravishing.

Best,

Barbara

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » March 5th, 2021, 5:58 am

Yes, it looked great.

Pam

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » March 9th, 2021, 6:23 am

Hi Pam,

Section 4 - Mme de S is in Brittany, where "the incessant rain has been interrupted only by storms". :

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/letters_04_sevigne_128kb.mp3
M:S
19:17

I was going to check the mp3, as usual, on my little Walkman player. But it perished tonight! It went down with its cargo of hundreds of precious podcasts still on it...

But I think this section will be OK.

Best,

Barbara

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » March 9th, 2021, 9:15 am

Oh my gosh, Barbara. That is so sad!

Pam

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » March 9th, 2021, 9:43 am

Hi Barbara,

In Section 4 at 16:15, there is a skip at "The honour of having described it so well...

I see that at Vitré there is a Musée des Rochers Sévigné.

My best,

Pam

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » March 9th, 2021, 3:37 pm

pnagami wrote: ↑March 9th, 2021, 9:43 am Hi Barbara,

In Section 4 at 16:15, there is a skip at "The honour of having described it so well...

I see that at Vitré there is a Musée des Rochers Sévigné.

My best,

Pam

Thanks, Pam. I hope it's OK now. I have changed the time in the MW.

Best,

Barbara

pnagami · Post by **pnagami** » March 9th, 2021, 3:42 pm

Hi Barbara,

Yes, perfect now.

Pam