The Forest Giant

audiobook

The Forest Giant

by Adrien Le Corbeau

EN·~2 hours·16 chapters

Chapters

16 total
1

The Forest Giant

0:44
2

CHAPTER I The Odyssey

9:24
3

CHAPTER 2 The Genus trembles into Consciousness

9:00
4

CHAPTER 3 The Kindly Darkness

7:33
5

CHAPTER 4 Contrasts which are not Contrasts

8:42
6

CHAPTER 5 Caught up into the Stream of Life

11:15
7

CHAPTER 6 The Law of Balance

9:50
8

CHAPTER 7 Metamorphoses

8:53
9

CHAPTER 8 What the Moon Saw

10:41
10

CHAPTER 9 When the Corselet Snaps

10:06

Description

In this lyrical meditation, a solitary pine seed becomes the unlikely hero of an immense trek through forests, fields, storms and silence. From the moment a bird's wing lifts it from a hidden crevice, the seed drifts across sun‑lit dawns, plunges into shadowed woods, and is tossed by wind and water as if caught in the universe’s own breath. Its tiny form carries ancient memories of the earth, bearing witness to the relentless push‑and‑pull of time and the indifferent forces that shape all life.

The narrative follows the seed’s restless wandering, turning each encounter with bark, stone, and river into a quiet lesson on balance and transformation. As it lands on a desert shore far from its native woods, the story invites listeners to contemplate how even the smallest being can embody the grand cycles of growth, change, and the hidden currents that bind nature together.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (146K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Al Haines

Release date

2021-04-25

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Adrien Le Corbeau

1886–1932

A little-known early 20th-century novelist writing under a pen name, he is best remembered today for The Forest Giant, an unusual book later translated into English by T. E. Lawrence. His surviving works suggest a writer drawn to literary experiment and big themes like love, aging, and death.

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