Annette and Sylvie: Being Volume One of The Soul Enchanted

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Annette and Sylvie: Being Volume One of The Soul Enchanted

by Romain Rolland

EN·~5 hours

Chapters

Description

The opening volume of this lyrical series invites listeners into the intimate world of a young woman whose thoughts drift like sunlight on water. Through a narrator who steps back to let her voice unfold, the story feels like a shared meditation on love, yearning, and the restless search for meaning. It is both a portrait of a single life and the first step of a larger, unfolding journey.

We meet Annette in a quiet room, the evening sun painting the column of her neck in gold and red. She wanders into a secluded forest pool, where the cool water and tangled vines stir a mixture of shame, exhilaration, and a yearning for release. Emerging into the dimming light, she returns to the warmth of a crackling fire, the night birds singing outside as she contemplates the lingering echo of that fleeting, luminous trance.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (311K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Henry Holt and Company, 1925.

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues

Release date

2021-09-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland

1866–1944

A French novelist, dramatist, music historian, and essayist, he wrote with deep feeling about art, conscience, and the moral struggles of modern life. Best known for the multi-volume novel cycle Jean-Christophe, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1915.

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