The Blind Musician

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The Blind Musician

by Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko

EN·~3 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total
1

THE BLIND MUSICIAN

0:20
2

PREFACE.

2:05
3

INTRODUCTION.

5:21
4

I. The Blind Infant. The Family.

35:07
5

II. The Sources of Musical Feeling. The Blind Boy and the Melody.

43:12
6

III. The First Friendship.

28:14
7

IV. Blindness. Vague Questions.

15:39
8

V. Love.

42:21
9

VI. The Crisis. An Attempt at Synthesis.

28:58
10

VII. Intuition.

8:38

Description

A quiet, thoughtful tale unfolds around three lives touched by darkness. We meet a gifted blind musician whose world is shaped by sound, a young girl who has known only the absence of sight, and a boy whose vision fades slowly, each navigating the everyday challenges and hidden joys of a life without eyes. The narrative gently probes how memory, imagination, and music become the senses that guide them, offering a tender portrait of resilience.

Through careful observation, the story reveals the inner rhythms that sustain these characters—how a melody can replace a sunrise, how touch can substitute for a glance, and how hope persists even when the world is unseen. The author's gentle prose invites listeners to consider the richness of perception beyond the visual, inviting empathy and reflection without resorting to melodrama. It feels like a quiet conversation about humanity, perception, and the quiet strength found in unexpected places.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (206K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2019-05-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko

Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko

1853–1921

Remembered for humane, clear-eyed fiction, this writer brought sympathy and moral courage to stories about ordinary people living under hardship. His life as a journalist and public advocate gave his work a lasting sense of conscience as well as feeling.

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