Audiobooks Published 1800 -1900 Taking the Bastile
Taking the Bastile

Taking the Bastile

by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870)

Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to service. How can this man, Pitou the Peasant (as the subtitle of the novel suggests) go on to influence the whole state? How can he go on and take a part in the French revolution? Can his motivation, coming from what he did not have, be enough? - Summary by Stav Nisser


CHAPTER I. THE SON OF GILBERT.

CHAPTER II. ANGE PITOU.

CHAPTER III. A REVOLUTIONARY FARMER.

CHAPTER IV. LONG LEGS ARE GOOD FOR RUNNING, IF NOT FOR DANCING.

CHAPTER IX. "TO THE BASTILE!"

CHAPTER V. WHY THE POLICE AGENT CAME WITH THE CONSTABLES.

CHAPTER VI. ON THE ROAD.

CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST BLOOD.

CHAPTER VIII. PITOU DISCOVERS HE IS BRAVE.

CHAPTER X. BLOWING HOT AND COLD.

CHAPTER XI. THE PRISON GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER XII. STORMING THE BASTILE.

CHAPTER XIII. DOWN IN THE DUNGEONS.

CHAPTER XIV. THE TRIANGLE OF LIBERTY.

CHAPTER XIX. THE QUEEN'S FAVOURITE.

CHAPTER XV. THE YOUNG VISIONARY.

CHAPTER XVI. THE PHYSICIAN FOR THE STATE.

CHAPTER XVII. THE COUNTESS OF CHARNY.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE QUEEN AT BAY.

CHAPTER XX. THE TRIO OF LOVE.

CHAPTER XXI. THE QUEEN AND HER MASTER.

CHAPTER XXII. THE PRIVATE COUNCIL.

CHAPTER XXIII. WHY THE QUEEN WAITED.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE ARMY OF WOMEN.

CHAPTER XXV. THE NIGHT OF HORRORS.

CHAPTER XXVI. BILLET'S SORROW.