
Copyright, 1907 By Bettina von Hutten - Published October, 1907
TO THE MEMORY OF A DEAR LOST FRIEND I DEDICATE THIS BOOK Bettina von Hutten Thun, Switzerland, September 5, 1907
PROLOGUE
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
A lone fiddler in a sun‑baked Norman lane summons a strange, haunting melody that seems to pull at the very shadows around him. When a fierce, barefoot boy arrives, his anger flares at the unsettling music, and a bizarre, almost theatrical clash erupts between the two. The old man’s cracked violin, a yellow dog that watches in mute loyalty, and the looming apple trees create an eerie tableau that feels both timeless and oddly intimate.
As the discord gives way to a tentative, fragile harmony, the boy’s hardened exterior cracks, revealing a vulnerability hidden beneath his defiant stare. The scene swells with a bittersweet longing for forgotten art and the quiet yearning of a man half‑mad who dares to play again. Listeners are drawn into a world where sound, silence, and the rustling of leaves become a conduit for memory, grief, and the fragile hope of connection.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (414K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Kathryn Lybarger, Paul Ereaut and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2005-10-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1874–1957
An American-born novelist with a gift for lively storytelling, she wrote popular fiction under the name Baroness von Hutten and became especially known for historical novels and sharp social observation.
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