
LE LIVRE
AVERTISSEMENT DE L'AUTEUR
RÊVE
CHAGRIN D'UN VIEUX FORÇAT
UNE BÊTE GALEUSE
PAYS SANS NOM
VIES DE DEUX CHATTES
L'ŒUVRE DE PEN-BRON
DANS LE PASSÉ MORT
VEUVES DE PÊCHEURS
An intimate collection of lyrical fragments opens with a quiet dedication, inviting the listener into a world where mercy and mortality intertwine. The author’s voice moves between confession and philosophical rumination, offering glimpses of fragile dreams that linger just beyond waking. The opening pages set a tone of tender seriousness, as the writer acknowledges the risk of sharing his deepest visions.
A vivid nocturnal vision unfolds—a fleeting sunbeam spilling through an open window onto a colonial‑style room, casting the trembling shadow of an unseen banana tree. In that brief illumination, ordinary objects—a Louis XV pendulum, straw chairs, wooden walls—gain an almost reverent weight, hinting at an inner landscape where everyday detail mirrors larger existential questions. The prose balances poetic description with a probing curiosity about the unseen forces that stir the soul.
Through these early reflections, the work promises a meditative listening experience, encouraging contemplation of how fleeting images can reveal enduring truths. The narrator’s gentle warning to those who might find the pages tedious feels more an invitation than a deterrent, emphasizing sincerity over spectacle. Listeners are offered a space to wander softly between dream and reality, guided by an unmistakable yearning to confront both love and loss.
Language
fr
Duration
~3 hours (223K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Laurent Vogel, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2011-07-23
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1850–1923
A French naval officer turned celebrated novelist, he transformed long voyages into atmospheric stories of love, distance, and unfamiliar worlds. His books made him one of the most widely read French writers of his era.
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