Heart of Man

audiobook

Heart of Man

by George Edward Woodberry

EN·~6 hours·7 chapters

Chapters

7 total
1

GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY

0:07
2

To the Memory of

0:16
3

PREFACE

0:23
4

TAORMINA

1:20:30
5

A NEW DEFENCE OF POETRY

2:47:35
6

DEMOCRACY

59:15
7

THE RIDE

1:18:12

Description

A wandering observer finds himself on the jagged cliffs of Taormina, where storm‑lit seas and mist‑shrouded peaks turn the Sicilian coast into a living poem. He describes the flickering lights of fishermen’s boats, the restless clouds over Etna, and the way rain seems to carry a personality of its own, painting the landscape with shifting color and light. Through these vivid sketches he invites listeners to feel the same restless curiosity that drives a traveler to stare at the horizon until night deepens.

The piece argues that poetry, politics, and faith are merely different blossoms of a single human spirit, growing from the same deep soil within every heart. By pairing personal memory of mist‑clad cliffs with larger questions of purpose, it encourages listeners to trace their own inner terrain as the narrative unfolds.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (370K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Afra Ullah, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Release date

2004-05-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

George Edward Woodberry

George Edward Woodberry

1855–1930

A poet, critic, and teacher from New England, he helped shape how American literature was read in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is especially remembered for writing on Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, while also building a long career as a poet in his own right.

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