Our Eternity

audiobook

Our Eternity

by Maurice Maeterlinck

EN·~3 hours·70 chapters

Chapters

70 total

1

0:41

2

3:00

3

1:11

4

1:08

5

1:47

6

1:00

7

1:12

8

2:35

9

2:15

10

6:53

Description

In this meditative work, the author confronts death as the ultimate reality that frames every human experience, urging readers to face the inevitable rather than avoid it. Through a lyrical blend of philosophy, history, and personal reflection, the text examines how our fear of the end shapes thought, culture, and the very way we live. The opening passages set a stark, almost theatrical tone, positioning death not as a distant myth but as a present, unavoidable companion.

The author weaves quotations from poets, philosophers and even Napoleon, using them to illustrate how societies have long tried to soften the final moment. By inviting listeners to consider death as a mirror for the values and clarity of their own lives, the work becomes a quiet call to craft a personal, reasoned farewell. Its measured, almost sermonic cadence makes it a thoughtful companion for anyone who wishes to contemplate mortality with honesty rather than superstition.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (195K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Mark C. Orton, Elizabeth Oscanyan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2015-11-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck

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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