
A quiet, meditative voice guides listeners through a world where speech is seen as a veil and silence a doorway to deeper truth. The work opens with a striking meditation on how the most profound ideas are born in the hush, arguing that the gold of silence outweighs the silver of words. Readers are invited to consider how everyday chatter drowns the inner life, while moments of stillness reveal hidden currents of the soul.
From this philosophical foundation emerges the story of a modest wanderer, drawn into a series of encounters that test his willingness to listen rather than speak. As he moves through bustling streets and secluded gardens, each interaction becomes a subtle lesson about humility, secret bonds, and the fragile architecture of human connection. The narrative remains anchored in the first act, leaving listeners eager to follow his quiet quest for the elusive treasure that lies not in riches, but in the shared silences of kindred hearts.
Language
fr
Duration
~3 hours (228K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://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
2021-03-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1862–1949
A quiet, dreamlike voice in European literature, this Belgian writer helped shape Symbolist drama and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. His plays and essays often turn simple images—silence, fate, light, bees, blue birds—into something haunting and memorable.
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