Obermann

by Étienne Pivert de Senancour

58 chapters17h 35mEnglish1903

About this book

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

Chapters (58)

1Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 1

1387

2Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 2

1883

3Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 3

1823

4Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 4

1857

5Biographical and Critical Introduction by A.E. Waite, part 5

2086

6Prefatory Observations by the Author

527

7First Year, Letters I and II

1555

8First Year, Letters III and IV

2170

9First Year, Letters V and VI

1147

10First Year, Letters VII and VIII

1159

11First Year, Letter IX and Second Year, Letter X

540

12Second Year, Letters XI and XII

1286

13Second Year, Letters XIII and XIV

571

14Second Year, Letters XV, XVI and XVII

314

15Second Year, Letters XVIII, XIX and XX

761

16Second Year, Letters XXI and XXII

1493

17Second Year, Letters XXIII, XXIV and XXV

522

18Third Year, Letters XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII

422

19Third Year, Letters XXIX, XXX and XXXI

729

20Third Year, Letters XXXII and XXXIII

602

21Third Year, Letters XXXIV and XXXV

741

22Fifth Year, the First Fragment

840

23Sixth Year, the Second Fragment

494

24Sixth Year, Letters XXXVI and XXXVII

882

25Sixth Year, Letter XXXVIII

586

26Sixth Year, the Third Fragment

631

27Sixth Year, Letters XXXIX and XL

748

28Sixth Year, Letter XLI

1928

29Sixth Year, Letters XLII and XLIII

1467

30Sixth Year, Letter XLIV

1710

31Sixth Year, Letter XLV

860

32Sixth Year, Letter XLVI

1568

33Sixth Year, Letter XLVII

1425

34Sixth Year, Letters XLVIII and XLIX

1159

35Seventh Year, Letter L

1527

36Seventh Year, Letter LI

664

37Seventh Year, Letter LII

900

38Eighth Year, Letters LIII, LIV, LV and LVI

515

39Eighth Year, Letters LVII, LVIII and LIX

948

40Eighth Year, Letters LX and LXI

920

41Eighth Year, Letters LXII and LXIII

2052

42Eighth Year, Letter LXIV

1507

43Eighth Year, Letter LXV

1164

44Eighth Year, Letters LXVI and LXVII

664

45Eighth Year, Letter LXVIII

1070

46Eighth Year, Letters LXIX and LXX

726

47Eighth Year, Letters LXXI and LXXII

947

48Eighth Year, Letter LXXIII and Ninth Year, Letters LXXIV and LXXV

787

49Ninth Year, Letters LXXVI and LXXVII

770

50Ninth Year, Letters LXXVIII and LXXIX

1211

51Ninth Year, Letters LXXX and LXXXI

1643

52Ninth Year, Letters LXXXII, LXXXIII and LXXXIV

1050

53Ninth Year, Letters LXXXV and LXXXVI

1601

54Ninth Year, Letter LXXXVII

895

55Ninth Year, Letter LXXXVIII

675

56Ninth Year, Letter LXXXIX

1043

57Supplement - Tenth Year, Letter XC

1171

58Supplement - Letter XCI, Without Known Date

994

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