El Manuscrito de mi madre

audiobook

El Manuscrito de mi madre

by Alix de Lamartine

ES·~6 hours·149 chapters

Chapters

149 total
1

EL MANUSCRITO DE MI MADRE

1:14
2

ADVERTENCIA

1:30
3

EL MANUSCRITO DE MI MADRE

0:01
4

I

0:36
5

II

1:34
6

III

2:17
7

IV

1:19
8

V

1:23
9

VI

1:36
10

VII

1:36

Description

A contemplative voice guides listeners through a quiet autumn day in a French village, where a son stands beside his mother’s grave and wrestles with the weight of loss. The narrative unfolds as he discovers a handwritten testament—a manuscript his mother poured her heart into before her final breath—now slipped from the shadows of a family archive into the public eye.

Through lyrical wanderings in the surrounding forest, the story weaves together the rustle of dying leaves, whispered memories of relatives, and the lingering presence of those who have passed. The prose invites reflection on how love, faith, and the relentless march of time intertwine, offering a tender portrait of a man seeking meaning amid grief.

Listeners will be drawn into the intimate world of a 19th‑century household, feeling the ache of remembrance and the fragile hope that a mother’s words might bridge the gap between generations, all while the surrounding landscape serves as a silent, elegiac chorus.

Details

Full title

El Manuscrito de mi madre aumentado con las comentarios, prólogo y epílogo

Language

es

Duration

~6 hours (358K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-07-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Alix de Lamartine

Alix de Lamartine

1766–1829

Remembered as the deeply religious and devoted mother of Alphonse de Lamartine, she left a strong mark on the poet’s childhood and imagination. Though not widely known as a writer in her own right today, she remains an important figure in the family world that shaped one of France’s great Romantic voices.

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