Annette and Sylvie: Being Volume One of The Soul Enchanted

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Annette and Sylvie: Being Volume One of The Soul Enchanted

by Romain Rolland

EN·~5 hours·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total
1

ANNETTE AND SYLVIE - Being Volume One of - The Soul Enchanted - By - ROMAIN ROLLAND - Translated from the French by - BEN RAY REDMAN - NEW YORK - HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY - 1925

0:23
2

FOREWORD

2:17
3

ANNETTE AND SYLVIE

0:01
4

PART ONE

2:23:58
5

ANNETTE AND SYLVIE

0:01
6

PART TWO

2:57:34

Description

The opening volume of this lyrical series invites listeners into the intimate world of a young woman whose thoughts drift like sunlight on water. Through a narrator who steps back to let her voice unfold, the story feels like a shared meditation on love, yearning, and the restless search for meaning. It is both a portrait of a single life and the first step of a larger, unfolding journey.

We meet Annette in a quiet room, the evening sun painting the column of her neck in gold and red. She wanders into a secluded forest pool, where the cool water and tangled vines stir a mixture of shame, exhilaration, and a yearning for release. Emerging into the dimming light, she returns to the warmth of a crackling fire, the night birds singing outside as she contemplates the lingering echo of that fleeting, luminous trance.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (311K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Henry Holt and Company, 1925.

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues

Release date

2021-09-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland

1866–1944

A Nobel Prize–winning French writer, he used fiction, biography, and essays to explore music, conscience, and the struggle to stay humane in troubled times. Best known for the vast novel cycle Jean-Christophe, he also became one of Europe’s most recognizable literary voices for peace.

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