
BOHEMIAN SOCIETY. - BY - Lydia Leavitt.
BOHEMIAN SOCIETY.
In a modest country house near a bustling city, a well‑read lady gathers a motley circle of artists, scientists, philosophers and mystics for nightly conversations. Her salon crackles with curiosity as each guest speaks freely, trading ideas ranging from the latest scientific theories to spiritual musings. When the evening’s visionary rises to sketch a modern Utopia, listeners are drawn into a vivid picture of an isolated valley where harmony reigns. The gathering’s eclectic energy mirrors the broader Bohemian Society, where intellect and imagination intertwine.
The imagined valley is a self‑sustaining haven, shielded by towering mountains and untouched by money or competition. Its inhabitants work together, share their harvests, and celebrate simple rituals—morning prayers, communal meals, and the quiet beauty of sunrise and brook. The narrator’s gentle tone lets listeners linger on the valley’s golden light and the soft lull of distant cowbells, inviting reflection on what a life without greed or sorrow might truly feel like.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (86K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org))
Release date
2005-12-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
Known today mainly through the 1898 collection Wise or Otherwise, this little-documented writer appears in the record as a collaborator on light, witty pieces published with her husband, Canadian author and editor Thaddeus W. H. Leavitt.
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