Oberman

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Oberman

by Etienne Pivert de Senancour

FR·~12 hours·101 chapters

Chapters

101 total
1

OBERMAN. - LETTRES - PUBLIÉES par M... SÉNANCOUR,

0:29
2

TABLE

1:01
3

OBSERVATIONS.

7:09
4

LETTRE PREMIÈRE

12:38
5

LETTRE II.

6:37
6

LETTRE III.

8:20
7

LETTRE IV.

21:02
8

LETTRE V.

11:11
9

LETTRE VI.

3:10
10

LETTRE VII.

13:34

Description

A sprawling archive of personal letters, this work offers a candid glimpse into the mind of a thinker who prefers feeling to formal labor. Compiled over several years in the early nineteenth century, the correspondence is presented without the conventional plot twists of a novel, inviting listeners to wander through the author’s wandering thoughts instead of following a tidy storyline.

Across the pages, the writer meditates on the relationship between humanity and the inanimate world, shares unguarded moments of love, and wrestles with contradictions that reveal both certainty and doubt. The prose is deliberately unhurried, allowing repetitions and digressions to deepen the emotional texture rather than distract. For anyone drawn to intimate, philosophical musings that echo the rhythm of real life, these letters provide a thoughtful, if sometimes meandering, companion for the listening ear.

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Language

fr

Duration

~12 hours (722K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net).

Release date

2010-06-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Etienne Pivert de Senancour

Etienne Pivert de Senancour

1770–1846

Best known for the haunting novel Obermann, this early French Romantic writer explored solitude, doubt, and the pull of nature with unusual intensity. His work, overlooked at first, later found devoted readers among the Romantics.

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