Language of Flowers

audiobook

Language of Flowers

by Kate Greenaway

EN·~1 hours·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total

E-text prepared by Chuck Greif from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org)

35:14

The Language of Flowers

29:54

ILLUSTRATIONS.

0:44

Description

The opening reads like a quiet garden of symbols, each flower paired with a single, striking emotion—acacia for friendship, amaranth for un‑fading love, nightshade for truth. This living alphabet invites listeners to step between petal and meaning, feeling the hush of a world where blossoms whisper secrets. The prose is gentle yet precise, turning a simple list into a fragrant map of human feeling.

Soon a young narrator discovers the hidden language while sorting letters and arranging bouquets, learning that a single stem can carry hope, betrayal or gratitude. As she begins to interpret these floral messages, the garden becomes a classroom of love, loss and quiet rebellion, and the first act follows her fascination turning into a subtle quest to speak without words. Listeners are drawn into a lyrical exploration of how the smallest bloom can shape the biggest stories.

Collections

Browse all

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (63K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2010-03-10

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Kate Greenaway

Kate Greenaway

1846–1901

Beloved for her delicate drawings of children in old-fashioned dress, this English illustrator helped shape the look of Victorian childhood in books. Her pictures were so popular that they inspired a fashion trend as well as generations of picture-book artists.

View all books

You may also like

Marigold Garden

Marigold Garden

by Kate Greenaway

A Apple Pie

A Apple Pie

by Kate Greenaway

The Fall of the Year

The Fall of the Year

by Dallas Lore Sharp

The Lay of the Land

The Lay of the Land

by Dallas Lore Sharp

Winter

Winter

by Dallas Lore Sharp

The Spring of the Year

The Spring of the Year

by Dallas Lore Sharp