
VOYAGE AUTOUR DE MON JARDIN
LETTRE I.
LETTRE II.
LETTRE III.
LETTRE IV.
LETTRE V. SUR UN ROSIER.
LETTRE VI. LES SAVANTS.
LETTRE VII.
LETTRE VIII.
LETTRE IX.
A quiet, intimate voice greets the listener, recalling the moment a dear friend set off on a long journey, leaving behind a bustling courtyard and a sudden hush. The narrator wrestles with a sudden surge of envy, turning that raw feeling into a thoughtful meditation on friendship, desire, and the limits of our own horizons. As the carriage disappears, he resolves to wander his own familiar grounds, finding meaning in the everyday.
The book unfolds as a lyrical tour of a garden, pairing charming illustrations of insects and plants with the narrator’s reflective prose. Each entry, arranged alphabetically, invites you to pause and notice the tiny marvels that share our world, while the author’s musings weave philosophical insights about freedom, contentment, and the simple pleasures of observation. Listeners are drawn into a gentle, contemplative stroll that transforms an ordinary garden into a landscape of wonder.
Language
fr
Duration
~10 hours (602K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Release date
Dec 22, 2011
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1808–1890
Known for witty, sharp-eyed writing, this 19th-century French novelist and journalist mixed satire with personal feeling in stories that won a wide readership. He is also remembered for the famous line, often paraphrased in English as “the more things change, the more they stay the same.”
View all books
by Alphonse Karr

by Alphonse Karr

by Alphonse Karr

by Alphonse Karr

by Alphonse Karr

by Alphonse Karr

by Alphonse Karr

by Vinceslas-Eugène Dick