Obermann


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

This is a 1903 translation of Étienne Pivert de Senancour's immensely influential work Obermann. Although it was almost completely ignored by the reading public when it was first published during the period of Napoleonic Wars in 1804, it was rediscovered almost 30 years later by the Romantics, praised by none less than Balzac and George Sand, as well as Franz Liszt and other illustrious persons of that time period.
Obermann is an epistolary novel in the form of a journal intime, in which the inner life of the main character is the most important element, rather than the physical action. The story spans ten years, in which Obermann describes historical events, the progress of philosophical ideas, and, most strikingly, his emotional development.
A.E. Waite succeeds to translate this work in a fittingly poetic way, transporting haunting images of loneliness, nausée, and lack of orientation. - Summary by Carolin (17 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 1 23:07 Read by Jim Locke
Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 2 31:23 Read by Jim Locke
Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 3 30:23 Read by Jim Locke
Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 4 30:57 Read by Jim Locke
Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 5 34:46 Read by Jim Locke
Prefatory Observations by the Author 8:47 Read by Jim Locke
First Year, Letters I and II 25:55 Read by Jim Locke
First Year, Letters III and IV 36:10 Read by Jim Locke
First Year, Letters V and VI 19:07 Read by Jim Locke
First Year, Letters VII and VIII 19:19 Read by Jim Locke
First Year, Letter IX and Second Year, Letter X 9:00 Read by Jim Locke
Second Year, Letters XI and XII 21:26 Read by Jim Locke
Second Year, Letters XIII and XIV 9:31 Read by Jim Locke
Second Year, Letters XV, XVI and XVII 5:14 Read by Jim Locke
Second Year, Letters XVIII, XIX and XX 12:41 Read by Jim Locke
Second Year, Letters XXI and XXII 24:53 Read by Jim Locke
Second Year, Letters XXIII, XXIV and XXV 8:42 Read by Jim Locke
Third Year, Letters XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII 7:02 Read by Jim Locke
Third Year, Letters XXIX, XXX and XXXI 12:09 Read by Jim Locke
Third Year, Letters XXXII and XXXIII 10:02 Read by Jim Locke
Third Year, Letters XXXIV and XXXV 12:21 Read by Jim Locke
Fifth Year, the First Fragment 14:00 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, the Second Fragment 8:14 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letters XXXVI and XXXVII 14:42 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letter XXXVIII 9:46 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, the Third Fragment 10:31 Read by jftocanada
Sixth Year, Letters XXXIX and XL 12:28 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letter XLI 32:08 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letters XLII and XLIII 24:27 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letter XLIV 28:30 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letter XLV 14:20 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letter XLVI 26:08 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letter XLVII 23:45 Read by Jim Locke
Sixth Year, Letters XLVIII and XLIX 19:19 Read by Jim Locke
Seventh Year, Letter L 25:27 Read by Jim Locke
Seventh Year, Letter LI 11:04 Read by Jim Locke
Seventh Year, Letter LII 15:00 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letters LIII, LIV, LV and LVI 8:35 Read by jftocanada
Eighth Year, Letters LVII, LVIII and LIX 15:48 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letters LX and LXI 15:20 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letters LXII and LXIII 34:12 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letter LXIV 25:07 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letter LXV 19:24 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letters LXVI and LXVII 11:04 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letter LXVIII 17:50 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letters LXIX and LXX 12:06 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letters LXXI and LXXII 15:47 Read by Jim Locke
Eighth Year, Letter LXXIII and Ninth Year, Letters LXXIV and LXXV 13:07 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letters LXXVI and LXXVII 12:50 Read by jftocanada
Ninth Year, Letters LXXVIII and LXXIX 20:11 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letters LXXX and LXXXI 27:23 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letters LXXXII, LXXXIII and LXXXIV 17:30 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letters LXXXV and LXXXVI 26:41 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letter LXXXVII 14:55 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letter LXXXVIII 11:15 Read by Jim Locke
Ninth Year, Letter LXXXIX 17:23 Read by Jim Locke
Supplement - Tenth Year, Letter XC 19:31 Read by Jim Locke
Supplement - Letter XCI, Without Known Date 16:34 Read by Jim Locke