Froth

Read by Phil Benson

Clementina is losing her youth in the fashionable world of late-nineteenth century Madrid and takes a younger lover. Meanwhile her father, the Duke de Requena, a rapacious businessman and one of the richest men in the city, is determined to outdo his rivals. When Clementina and her father clash over her mother's will, who will come out the winner? A biting satire with an ensemble cast of wealthy aristocratic and would-be aristocratic characters, Froth (La Espuma) was one of two novels by Armando Palacio Valdés translated for Edmund Gosse's Heinemann International Library series, which introduced English readers to European authors who would otherwise have remained unknown. This edition comes with an Introduction to the author by Gosse and a concluding Editor's Note on the series. (Summary by Philip Benson)

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M4B Audiobook 00-09 (210MB)

M4B Audiobook 10-21 (186MB)

queue_music Chapters 22

1 00 - Introduction by Edmund Gosse 15:16
2 01 - Dramatis Personae 56:10
3 02 - More of the Actors 57:03
4 03 - Salabert's Daughter I 26:02
5 04 - Salabert's Daughter II 37:31
6 05 - Salabert's Daughter III 20:44
7 06 - How the Duke de Requena Rewarded Virtue 47:25
8 07 - Precipitancy 46:13
9 08 - The Savage Club of Madrid 1:10:06
10 09 - Dinner and Cards at the Osorios' 59:13
11 10 - After Dinner 23:58
12 11 - Raimundo's Love Affairs 46:06
13 12 - Matters of Business 30:45
14 13 - The Duke's Ball 52:10
15 14 - An Unwelcome Guest 30:51
16 15 - A Pious Matinée 36:27
17 16 - An Excursion to Riosa 35:40
18 17 - Life Underground 47:28
19 18 - A Departing Soul 36:36
20 19 - A Darkened Mind 21:20
21 20 - A Passion Burnt Out 19:02
22 21 - Editor's Note by Edmund Gosse 5:45