Le livre de la pitié et de la mort

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Le livre de la pitié et de la mort

by Pierre Loti

FR·~3 hours·14 chapters

Chapters

14 total
1

LE LIVRE

0:55
2

AVERTISSEMENT DE L'AUTEUR

1:51
3

RÊVE

10:27
4

CHAGRIN D'UN VIEUX FORÇAT

6:19
5

UNE BÊTE GALEUSE

7:11
6

PAYS SANS NOM

4:41
7

VIES DE DEUX CHATTES

1:11:46
8

L'ŒUVRE DE PEN-BRON

18:37
9

DANS LE PASSÉ MORT

19:50
10

VEUVES DE PÊCHEURS

13:26

Description

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.

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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.

About the author

Pierre Loti

Pierre Loti

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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