
LETTRES A L’AMAZONE
PRÉFACE
LETTRE PREMIÈRE LE SOUVENIR
LETTRE DEUXIÈME ÉLÉVATION
LETTRE TROISIÈME LES DEUX SEXES
LETTRE QUATRIÈME CHASTETÉ
LETTRE CINQUIÈME L’AMOUR NU
LETTRE SIXIÈME MYSTICISME
LETTRE SEPTIÈME L’ABSENCE
LETTRE HUITIÈME LA VOLONTÉ
A series of intimate letters unfolds like a wandering garden, each one a fragrant blend of memory, yearning, and quiet wonder. The writer confides to the unnamed “Amazon” about the way thoughts drift in and out of conversation, how silence can speak louder than words, and how fleeting moments of desire leave lingering traces on the heart. Through lyrical musings on remembrance, the letters explore how the act of recalling feeling can both revive and hollow out the original sensation.
The collection balances the tangible with the ethereal, refusing to label itself strictly as a novel or a treatise. It invites listeners to linger on the cadence of prose, to feel the rustle of imagined foliage and the tug of a restless mind. By the end of the first act, the bond between correspondent and Amazon feels both deeply personal and mysteriously universal, leaving space for every listener to discover their own hidden reveries.
Language
fr
Duration
~4 hours (241K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
France: Georges Crès, 1914.
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))
Release date
2022-08-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1858–1915
A sharp-minded voice of French Symbolism, he wrote with unusual freedom about art, desire, language, and the life of the mind. His essays and fiction helped shape literary debate in France around the turn of the 20th century.
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