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Obermann

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

Year of Publication: 1903Genres: Epistolary Fiction

Running Time: 17 hours 35 minutes 17 seconds

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