Paul and Virginia

About this film

LibriVox recording of Paul and Virginia, by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre. Read by Ellis Christoff. Paul and Virginia was first published in 1787. The novel's title characters are very good friends since birth who fall in love, but sadly die when the ship Le Saint-Geran is wrecked. The story is set in the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France, which the author had visited. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the novel is hailed as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the false, artificial sentimentality that prevailed at the time among the upper classes of France.(Summary by Wikipedia) For more free audio books (in over 25 languages) or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. M4B audio book (141mb)

Directors & creators

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

Subjects

Librivox; audiobook; Fiction; Literature; Romance; Tragedy

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