The Diamond Necklace

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In the years preceding the French Revolution, the reputation of Queen Marie Antoinette was severely harmed by the publication of details relating to a certain "scandal," involving a Roman Cardinal, a Royal jeweler, and an unscrupulous young woman looking for wealth and prestige. Carlyle, in his typical, wonderfully colorful prose, relates the tale of "The Diamond Necklace" for posterity in this small volume. In his own words: "My attempt was to make reality ideal; there is considerable significance in that notion of mine, and I have not yet seen the limit of it, nor shall till I have tried to go as far as it will carry me. The story of the Diamond Necklace is all told in that paper with the strictest fidelity, yet in a kind of musical way." - Summary by E. Sharp

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queue_music Chapters 16

1 01 - Ch. 1 - Age of Romance 18:13
2 02 - Ch. 2 - The Necklace is Made 12:04
3 03 - Ch. 3 - The Necklace Cannot Be Sold 4:50
4 04 - Ch. 4 - Affinities: The Two Fixed-Ideas 29:33
5 05 - Ch. 5 - The Artist 16:13
6 06 - Ch. 6 - Will the Two Fixed-Ideas Unite? 10:59
7 07 - Ch. 7 - Marie Antoinette 8:36
8 08 - Ch. 8 - The Two Fixed-Ideas Will Unite 11:09
9 09 - Ch. 9 - Park of Versailles 9:59
10 10 - Ch. 10 - Behind the Scenes 7:41
11 11 - Ch. 11 - The Necklace is Sold 9:51
12 12 - Ch. 12 - The Necklace Vanishes 4:35
13 13 - Ch. 13 - Scene Third: By Dame de Lamotte 6:20
14 14 - Ch. 14 - The Necklace Cannot Be Paid 13:44
15 15 - Ch. 15 - Scene Fourth: By Destiny 3:48
16 16 - Ch. 16 - Missa Est 28:38