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