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Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest by William Henry Hudson

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Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest

Author
William Henry Hudson
Narrator
Lawrence Skinner
Publisher
Audioliterature
Publish Date
20 December 2017
Run Time
9 hours 13 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary
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Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guyana. Surviving fever, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life: playing guitar for old Cla-Cla, hunting badly with Kua-kó, telling stories to the children. After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi." Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue. Abel falls in love with Rima, but she (17 and a stranger to white men) is confused by "odd feelings." This relationship is further strained because Abel cannot speak her unknown language…

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Author
William Henry Hudson
Narrator
Lawrence Skinner
Duration
9 hours 13 minutes
Release Date
20 December 2017
ISBN
4251177553691
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Audioliterature
Genre
Fiction: general and literary

Synopsis

Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guyana. Surviving fever, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life: playing guitar for old Cla-Cla, hunting badly with Kua-kó, telling stories to the children. After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi." Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue. Abel falls in love with Rima, but she (17 and a stranger to white men) is confused by "odd feelings." This relationship is further strained because Abel cannot speak her unknown language…

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