My past and thoughts, vol. 3 (of 6) : $b The memoirs of Alexander Herzen

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My past and thoughts, vol. 3 (of 6) : $b The memoirs of Alexander Herzen

by Aleksandr Herzen

EN·~9 hours·16 chapters

Chapters

16 total
1

SECTION ONE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AND AFTER IT

0:03
2

Chapter 34 THE JOURNEY The Lost Passport—Königsberg—The Hand-made Nose—We Arrive!—And Depart

13:08
3

Chapter 35 THE HONEYMOON OF THE REPUBLIC The Englishman in the Fur-Jacket—The Duc de Noailles—Freedom and her Bust in Marseilles—The Abbé Sibour and the Universal Republic in Avignon

13:43
4

Appendix I (From ‘West European Sketches—Notebook I.’)

21:45
5

Chapter 36 La Tribune des Peuples—Mickiewicz and Ramon de la Sagra—The Chorus of the Revolution of June 13, 1848—Cholera in Paris—Departure

48:21
6

Chapter 37 A Babel of Tongues—The German Umwalzungsmänner—The French Red Montagnards—The Italian Fuorusciti in Geneva—Mazzini, Garibaldi, and Orsini—The Roman and the German Traditions—A Trip on ‘The Prince Radetsky’

1:19:05
7

Chapter 38 Switzerland—James Fazy and the Refugees—Monte Rosa

50:52
8

Appendix II (From ‘West European Sketches—Notebook II.’)

34:48
9

Chapter 39 Money and Police—The Emperor James Rothschild and the Banker Nicholas Romanov—Police and Money

38:02
10

Chapter 40 The European Committee—The Russian Consul at Nice—Letter to A. F. Orlov—Persecution of a Child—The Vogts—Transference from the Grade of Upper Court Councillor to that of Simple Peasant—Reception at Châtel (1850-1851)

1:12:17

Description

The third volume continues Herzen’s restless chronicle, threading together scattered sketches of a Europe on the brink of revolution. He presents his memories as a mosaic—disjointed scenes that together hint at the larger turmoil without claiming to be a formal history. This approach lets listeners hear the personal pulse of events as they filtered through his own bewildered perspective.

In one vivid episode, a lost passport turns a routine crossing into a comic confrontation with Prussian gendarmes and a drunken Neapolitan officer. Herzen’s narration wavers between irritation and amusement as bureaucratic absurdities clash with his urgent desire to reach the mineral waters of the Alps. The episode captures the restless energy of travel in 1847‑1852, offering a snapshot of the bewildering customs and personalities that defined the continent just before the 1848 uprisings.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (555K characters)

Release date

2026-04-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Aleksandr Herzen

Aleksandr Herzen

1812–1870

A fierce Russian thinker in exile, he turned memoir, journalism, and political argument into some of the most vivid writing of the nineteenth century. His work blends big ideas with personal drama, making him feel startlingly modern.

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