Consuelo


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(4.4 stars; 7 reviews)

This roman à clef follows the musical adventures of Consuelo, a gifted singer under the tutelage of the composer Nicola Porpora. After encountering betrayal in her home city of Venice, she goes to stay with a family of nobles in an isolated castle in Bohemia and teach singing to the baroness who lives there. It is there that she meets Count Albert, a troubled young man who experiences regressions to past lives. He is strangely drawn to her, but she, though moved with pity for him, is unsure what to think of him. She then sets out for Vienna to meet with Porpora again and on the way befriends a young Joseph Haydn. The two do their best to skirt intrigue and peril during their journey while Consuelo engages in soul-searching to determine who Count Albert is to her. (Summary by Scarbo) (36 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 10:46 Read by Alan Mapstone
Chapter 2 22:30 Read by Ryan Williams
Chapter 3 10:29 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter 4 15:23 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 5 19:05 Read by Brize C
Chapter 6 13:17 Read by roselbex
Chapter 7 12:55 Read by Brize C
Chapter 8 12:44 Read by Brize C
Chapter 9 8:21 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 10 15:41 Read by roselbex
Chapter 11 15:26 Read by roselbex
Chapter 12 13:29 Read by roselbex
Chapter 13 11:37 Read by Brize C
Chapter 14 8:40 Read by Scarbo
Chapter 15 22:23 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 16 14:44 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 17 17:19 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 18 16:53 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 19 21:00 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 20 16:36 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 21 27:43 Read by roselbex
Chapter 22 17:55 Read by roselbex
Chapter 23 14:01 Read by roselbex
Chapter 24 16:52 Read by roselbex
Chapter 25 16:51 Read by Brize C
Chapter 26 17:16 Read by Brize C
Chapter 27 19:08 Read by Brize C
Chapter 28 16:24 Read by Brize C
Chapter 29 31:07 Read by Brize C
Chapter 30 21:58 Read by roselbex
Chapter 31 27:03 Read by roselbex
Chapter 32 20:17 Read by roselbex
Chapter 33 12:00 Read by roselbex
Chapter 34 12:02 Read by roselbex
Chapter 35 16:21 Read by roselbex
Chapter 36 14:39 Read by roselbex
Chapter 37 31:23 Read by roselbex
Chapter 38 23:31 Read by roselbex
Chapter 39 16:53 Read by roselbex
Chapter 40 19:08 Read by Danielle Wolff
Chapter 41 19:42 Read by Danielle Wolff
Chapter 42 19:02 Read by Danielle Wolff
Chapter 43 11:17 Read by roselbex
Chapter 44 18:25 Read by roselbex
Chapter 45 19:05 Read by roselbex
Chapter 46 29:09 Read by roselbex
Chapter 47 16:26 Read by roselbex
Chapter 48 22:29 Read by roselbex
Chapter 49 18:58 Read by roselbex
Chapter 50 15:58 Read by roselbex
Chapter 51 23:23 Read by roselbex
Chapter 52 22:21 Read by roselbex
Chapter 53 18:54 Read by roselbex
Chapter 54 15:49 Read by roselbex
Chapter 55 13:10 Read by roselbex
Chapter 56 21:50 Read by roselbex
Chapter 57 21:27 Read by roselbex
Chapter 58 17:24 Read by roselbex
Chapter 59 25:53 Read by roselbex
Chapter 60 21:12 Read by roselbex
Chapter 61 26:27 Read by roselbex
Chapter 62 30:09 Read by roselbex
Chapter 63 16:07 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 64 13:31 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 65 18:14 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 66 14:54 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 67 14:10 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 68 20:39 Read by Christine Rottger
Chapter 69 16:49 Read by roselbex
Chapter 70 22:01 Read by roselbex
Chapter 71 25:25 Read by roselbex
Chapter 72 28:56 Read by roselbex
Chapter 73 47:03 Read by roselbex
Chapter 74 23:32 Read by roselbex
Chapter 75 17:00 Read by roselbex
Chapter 76 30:33 Read by roselbex
Chapter 77 19:38 Read by roselbex
Chapter 78 22:45 Read by roselbex
Chapter 79 20:01 Read by roselbex
Chapter 80 19:38 Read by roselbex
Chapter 81 19:50 Read by roselbex
Chapter 82 12:25 Read by roselbex
Chapter 83 23:12 Read by roselbex
Chapter 84 19:10 Read by roselbex
Chapter 85 19:18 Read by Peach
Chapter 86 20:23 Read by Peach
Chapter 87 26:41 Read by Peach
Chapter 88 19:19 Read by Peach
Chapter 89 21:54 Read by Peach
Chapter 90 28:29 Read by Peach
Chapter 91 21:38 Read by Peach
Chapter 92 13:21 Read by Peach
Chapter 93 26:14 Read by Peach
Chapter 94 28:38 Read by Peach
Chapter 95 24:44 Read by Peach
Chapter 96 25:33 Read by Brize C
Chapter 97 26:05 Read by Brize C
Chapter 98 24:51 Read by roselbex
Chapter 99 31:10 Read by roselbex
Chapter 100 28:39 Read by roselbex
Chapter 101 29:02 Read by roselbex
Chapter 102 25:37 Read by roselbex
Chapter 103 58:32 Read by Brize C
Chapter 104 23:39 Read by roselbex
Chapter 105 26:05 Read by roselbex
Chapter 106 25:46 Read by roselbex
Conclusion 15:33 Read by Alan Mapstone

Reviews

Could not listen to multiple readers, some difficult to follow


(2.5 stars)

I appreciate all the volunteers who read these books. at the same time, some are more gifted than others, or better at a certain genre. I am usually able to accommodate varied accents, but in this novel, the first ten chapters were very hard to understand. it was somewhat better when long multiple chapters were read by one person. still, some were so flat in tone or prosody, it was unpleasant to listen to. In a 30 hour book, good readers are even more important. sorry to complain about volunteers, and this is the first time I've done so, but I gave up after a few hours.