
audiobook
by G. A. J. (Gabriel Antoine Joseph) Hécart
ANAGRAMMÉANA.
ANAGRAMMÉANA, POËME EN HUIT CHANTS.
AVERTISSEMENT DE L'IMPRIMEUR sur cette 95me édition.
PRÉFACE.
CHANT PREMIER.
CHANT DEUXIÈME.
CHANT TROISIÈME.
CHANT QUATRIÈME.
CHANT CINQUIÈME.
CHANT SIXIÈME.
Inside a cramped, dust‑lined room, a solitary figure leans over a battered table scattered with ink, a mason’s trowel and a hammer. The walls are plastered with riddles—anagrams, charades, rebuses—hinting at a game of language as much as a work of poetry. From this modest workshop emerges a poem that treats each line as a puzzle, inviting the listener to untangle meaning while savoring rhythm.
Divided into eight short chants, the piece moves like a verbal kaleidoscope; words are rearranged, rhymes twist, and the same verses can be heard in reverse or from any point without losing their charm. The narrator’s witty preface explains the craft, celebrating the joy of a laugh‑induced mind and the humble mason who dared to fuse craft and verse. As the verses unfold, the listener is treated to a playful meditation on language, wit, and the simple pleasure of turning letters into music.
Language
fr
Duration
~37 minutes (35K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2021-03-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1755–1838
A curious, wide-ranging French man of letters, he moved easily between language, local history, natural history, poetry, and antiquarian research. He is especially remembered for preserving the speech and culture of Valenciennes and French Hainaut.
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