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Green Mansions

A Romance of the Tropical Forest

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Green Mansions

Written by: William Henry Hudson
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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After a failed revolutionary attempt leads Abel, a young European explorer, to seek refuge in the primeval forests of Venezuela, the curious call of an unseen bird lures him deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source of the siren song - a lovely, half-wild girl with mysterious powers. Thus, in the “green mansions” of the forest, begins the romance between Abel and Rima, who speaks the languages of birds and longs to return to the land of her birth to be reunited with others of her kind. But the love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow....

Written by a British naturalist with a deep love and knowledge of wilderness areas, the richly colored tale transports listeners to the lush atmosphere of the Amazonian outback. Originally published in 1904, this haunting classic offers a narrative of lyric beauty as well as a fascinating link between 19th-century Romanticism and modern environmentalism.

Public Domain (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing Classics
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The Venezuelan, Abel Guevez de Argensola was restless, and thirsted for change and adventure. He wandered desultorily from one remote Amazonian mountain-top to another. He decided to dwell with Runi's tribe. Unfortunately, the tribesmen were slaves to the grossest superstition, and avoided a certain part of the forest.
When Abel ventured out there, he found that it was gorgeous with colour and sweet with the song of birds. He visited the place daily. A fairy music came, now near, now far, haunting as a dream, woven through and through with the gold of romance. A virtuous sprite flitted to and fro, intangible as gossamer, elusive as the snow, among the colossal tropical trees. Her movements were quick and dainty as the flight of a robin. It was Rima, a fair, delicate girl, in a pretty light dress, who looked at him with truthful, innocent eyes. She had the charm of the woods about her.
Abel fell in love with her exquisite face and form. The sun shone upon them both with a glowing warmth that filled Rima’s soul abrim with such a rapture as she had never known before. This nymph of the woods came forward to meet Abel with readiness — she gave him her hand with frank, innocent goodwill.

Charmed by the lovely face of nature

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