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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Jun 30, 2022

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen audiobook.

Genre: romance

Catherine Morland is young, imaginative, and freshly arrived in Bath, where polite society is a whirlwind of dances, dinners, and unspoken rules. Eager for friendship and romance, she falls in with the charming Isabella Thorpe and Isabella's brash brother John, whose easy confidence masks motives Catherine is too kindhearted to suspect. Amid the glitter of assemblies and the pressure to make a good match, Catherine also meets the steady, witty Henry Tilney and his thoughtful sister Eleanor, whose warmth and intelligence offer Catherine a more genuine connection. When Catherine is invited to the country estate of Northanger Abbey by the imposing General Tilney, her love of Gothic novels begins to color how she interprets every corridor, conversation, and closed door. But real life proves more complicated than sensational stories: money, social ambition, and family expectations shape reputations and futures, and Catherine must learn to separate fantasy from character, and flattery from loyalty. With sharp humor and keen insight, Jane Austen follows Catherine's coming-of-age as she navigates friendship, first love, and the quiet tests that reveal who can be trusted.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:31) Chapter 01

(00:10:59) Chapter 01

(00:20:21) Chapter 02

(00:32:47) Chapter 02

(00:45:55) Chapter 03

(00:56:11) Chapter 03

(01:05:36) Chapter 04

(01:13:16) Chapter 04

(01:21:18) Chapter 05

(01:28:45) Chapter 05

(01:36:34) Chapter 06

(01:46:39) Chapter 06

(01:55:16) Chapter 07

(02:11:07) Chapter 07

(02:27:13) Chapter 08

(02:42:34) Chapter 08

(02:57:58) Chapter 09

(03:15:43) Chapter 09

(03:34:43) Chapter 10

(03:56:05) Chapter 10

(04:16:56) Chapter 11

(04:33:48) Chapter 11

(04:50:18) Chapter 12

(05:01:12) Chapter 12

(05:12:20) Chapter 13

(05:29:18) Chapter 13

(05:47:08) Chapter 14

(06:06:11) Chapter 14

(06:24:56) Chapter 15

(06:42:40) Chapter 15

(07:00:57) Chapter 16

(07:16:15) Chapter 16

(07:31:49) Chapter 17

(07:39:47) Chapter 17

(07:48:40) Chapter 18

(07:59:54) Chapter 18

(08:11:04) Chapter 19

(08:19:54) Chapter 19

(08:28:53) Chapter 20

(08:46:43) Chapter 20

(09:05:11) Chapter 21

(09:21:21) Chapter 21

(09:40:01) Chapter 22

(09:58:35) Chapter 22

(10:19:12) Chapter 23

(10:33:12) Chapter 23

(10:49:05) Chapter 24

(11:04:47) Chapter 24

(11:21:36) Chapter 25

(11:37:38) Chapter 25

(11:54:59) Chapter 26

(12:07:49) Chapter 26

(12:22:57) Chapter 27

(12:29:53) Chapter 27

(12:36:31) Chapter 28

(12:55:27) Chapter 28

(13:15:05) Chapter 29

(13:32:23) Chapter 29

(13:51:05) Chapter 30

(14:06:39) Chapter 30

(14:23:34) Chapter 31

(14:30:28) Chapter 31

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War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Jun 30, 2022

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War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: scifi

H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be one of the first science fiction novels. In the story, an English gentleman narrates the events of a violent and fast paced Martian invasion.

The frightening images of people fleeing from gigantic tripod machines and the prospect of life under Martian rule have served as a bottomless well of inspiration for popular culture. The novel has served as a template for many derivative or inspired works, including comics, countless books, a TV series, several films, a bestselling musical, and the famous Orson Wells broadcast. Overall, The War of the Worlds has become an early milestone in and inspiration for the invasion genre.

The novel demonstrates Wells' typical pessimistic outlook on human nature and offers a good deal of criticism on society and people's ignorance and vanity. The War of the Worlds can be read as an indictment of European colonial actions around the globe at that time - with which the injustice of the Martian invasion can be compared. Wells has since been credited with predicting quite a number of technologies, such as laser-like rays, industrial robot-like machines, and chemical-warfare.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:15:40) Chapter 2

(00:25:07) Chapter 3

(00:32:04) Chapter 4

(00:40:03) Chapter 5

(00:50:19) Chapter 6

(00:56:16) Chapter 7

(01:05:09) Chapter 8

(01:12:03) Chapter 9

(01:25:08) Chapter 10

(01:39:19) Chapter 11

(01:52:08) Chapter 12

(02:15:43) Chapter 13

(02:28:15) Chapter 14

(02:52:20) Chapter 15

(03:11:35) Chapter 16

(03:39:49) Chapter 17

(04:02:02) Chapter 18

(04:18:55) Chapter 19

(04:41:04) Chapter 20

(04:53:49) Chapter 21

(05:04:48) Chapter 22

(05:11:37) Chapter 23

(05:20:14) Chapter 24

(05:54:26) Chapter 25

(06:14:53) Chapter 26

(06:26:45) Chapter 27

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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Jun 30, 2022

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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In late Victorian England, an eccentric inventor known only as the Time Traveller invites a small circle of skeptical friends to witness an impossible achievement: a machine designed to move through time itself. When his demonstration leaves unanswered questions, he soon commits to a far bolder experiment, vanishing into the future to see what becomes of humanity. He arrives in an age of strange beauty and unsettling calm, where the childlike Eloi drift through sunlit ruins, seemingly free from work, struggle, or ambition. Yet as the Time Traveller explores this distant world, he senses a darker logic beneath its surface and discovers that comfort may conceal a brutal history. Driven by curiosity and the urgent need to recover what has been taken from him, he ventures into shadowed places and deeper spans of time, confronting the consequences of social division, evolution, and human complacency. Part scientific romance, part philosophical warning, The Time Machine is a tense, imaginative journey that asks what progress truly means - and what price a civilization may pay for it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:42) Chapter 02

(00:35:30) Chapter 03

(00:49:42) Chapter 04

(01:16:04) Chapter 05

(01:59:52) Chapter 06

(02:13:57) Chapter 07

(02:30:31) Chapter 08

(02:47:14) Chapter 09

(03:04:04) Chapter 10

(03:11:21) Chapter 11

(03:24:16) Chapter 12

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Pandora’s Box by Frank Wedekind ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Jun 30, 2022

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Pandora’s Box by Frank Wedekind audiobook.

Genre: drama

Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society 'riven by the demands of lust and greed'. G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version (Pandora's Box), which was loosely based on the play, in 1929. Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit (German: Erdgeist, first printed in 1895) and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora). It is now customary in theatre performances to run the two plays together, in abridged form, under the title Lulu. Wedekind is known to have taken his inspiration from at least two sources: the pantomime Lulu by Félicien Champsaur, which he saw in Paris in the early 1890s, and the sex murders of Jack the Ripper in London in 1888. The premiere of Pandora's Box, a restricted performance due to difficulties with the censor, took place in Nuremberg on 1 February 1904. The 1905 Viennese premiere, again restricted, was instigated by the satirist Karl Kraus. In Vienna Lulu was played by Tilly Newes, later to become Wedekind's wife, with the part of Jack the Ripper played by Wedekind himself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:40:21) Chapter 02

(01:30:59) Chapter 03

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ~ Full Audiobook [family] Jun 30, 2022

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett audiobook.

Genre: family

When spoiled, lonely Mary Lennox is sent from colonial India to live with her stern uncle at the sprawling, wind-swept Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors, she expects only gray corridors, strict rules, and endless isolation. Instead, Mary discovers a house full of mysteries - including whispered rumors of a hidden garden locked away for years. With the help of a warmhearted housemaid, the fiercely curious young Dickon Sowerby, and Marys sickly cousin Colin, she begins to unravel the secrets of the estate and of her own hardened heart. As the children search for the gardens lost key and learn to coax life from neglected soil, they also face the weight of grief, fear, and the adults silences that surround them. Set against a vivid landscape of heather, wind, and birdsong, The Secret Garden is a classic story of friendship, resilience, and the quiet power of nature to heal. Each new discovery draws Mary and her companions closer to hope - but the manor will not easily release what it has tried to bury.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:26) Chapter 02

(00:27:26) Chapter 03

(00:35:41) Chapter 04

(01:06:13) Chapter 05

(01:18:46) Chapter 06

(01:30:55) Chapter 07

(01:42:33) Chapter 08

(01:57:17) Chapter 09

(02:13:54) Chapter 10

(02:34:50) Chapter 11

(02:48:20) Chapter 12

(03:03:23) Chapter 13

(03:26:36) Chapter 14

(03:46:59) Chapter 15

(04:07:26) Chapter 16

(04:20:10) Chapter 17

(04:33:19) Chapter 18

(04:45:31) Chapter 19

(05:04:41) Chapter 20

(05:20:12) Chapter 21

(05:40:01) Chapter 22

(05:50:37) Chapter 23

(06:14:57) Chapter 24

(06:35:54) Chapter 25

(06:48:53) Chapter 26

(07:06:37) Chapter 27

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The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy] Jun 30, 2022

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The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

Written in the early 1600s and set in the turbulent court of Herod the Great, The Tragedy of Mariam follows Mariam, the proud and principled queen of Judea, as she navigates the dangers of marriage to a volatile ruler whose power is matched only by his suspicion. Herod returns from political turmoil abroad to a household thick with rumor, rivalries, and unfinished vengeance. At court, Mariam's integrity and sharp tongue collide with demands for obedience, while Herod's shifting favor turns love into a test of survival. Around them, ambitious voices press in: Salome, Herod's formidable sister, schemes to reshape her own fate and settle personal scores, and courtiers weigh loyalty against self-preservation. Told through charged dialogue and reflective choruses, Elizabeth Cary's groundbreaking tragedy probes jealousy, tyranny, conscience, and the peril faced by women who speak openly in a world built to silence them. As accusations harden into judgments, Mariam must decide what honor costs when truth itself becomes a weapon.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:33:08) Chapter 2

(00:57:59) Chapter 3

(01:12:43) Chapter 4

(01:54:42) Chapter 5

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Lady Susan by Jane Austen ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Jun 29, 2022

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Lady Susan by Jane Austen audiobook.

Genre: romance

Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published.

Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and searches for suitable husbands for herself and her young daughter, the actual action shares its importance with Austen’s manipulation of her characters' behavior by means of their reactions to the letters that they receive.

The heroine adds additional interest by altering the tone of her own letters based on the recipient of the letter. Thus, the character of Lady Susan is developed through many branches as Austen suggests complications of identity and the way in which that identity is based on interaction rather than on solitary constructions of personality. Lady Susan’s character is also built by the descriptions of the other letter-writers; but even though their opinions of this heroine coincide with the image that develops from her own letters, Austen demonstrates the subjectivity of the opinions by presenting them – primarily – in the letters of one woman to another, thereby suggesting the established literary motifs of feminine gossip and jealousy. Readers recognize these subjective motifs and examine all of the idiosyncrasies of the characters in order to create their own opinion of Lady Susan – as they would of any real acquaintance.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:23:38) Chapter 2

(00:47:41) Chapter 3

(01:14:44) Chapter 4

(01:42:00) Chapter 5

(02:04:42) Chapter 6

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The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Jun 29, 2022

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The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: scifi

A shipwreck in the Pacific leaves Edward Prendick clinging to life until he is rescued by a passing schooner carrying a brusque medical man, Montgomery, and a frightening cargo of restless animals. After a tense journey, Prendick is put ashore on a remote island ruled by the notorious Dr. Moreau, a scientist whose name is spoken with dread and whose work has driven him into isolation. Trapped far from any safe route back to civilization, Prendick explores the island's strange compounds, hears unsettling cries behind locked doors, and meets a community of eerie, humanlike figures who live by a set of rigid, chantlike rules enforced through fear and ritual. As he pieces together what Moreau is doing, Prendick must decide how to survive among men who are not quite men, and whether reason and morality can endure where pain and ambition set the law. Chilling, fast-paced, and philosophically sharp, Wells' classic confronts the boundaries between human and animal, the ethics of experimentation, and the fragility of identity when civilization is only a thin skin over instinct.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:03:16) Chapter 02

(00:09:59) Chapter 03

(00:16:59) Chapter 04

(00:29:37) Chapter 05

(00:37:58) Chapter 06

(00:47:21) Chapter 07

(00:59:32) Chapter 08

(01:11:48) Chapter 09

(01:19:43) Chapter 10

(01:43:44) Chapter 11

(01:53:09) Chapter 12

(02:07:35) Chapter 13

(02:28:05) Chapter 14

(02:38:56) Chapter 15

(03:06:15) Chapter 16

(03:19:53) Chapter 17

(03:50:29) Chapter 18

(04:03:04) Chapter 19

(04:13:28) Chapter 20

(04:32:27) Chapter 21

(04:44:47) Chapter 22

(05:13:12) Chapter 23

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Invisible Man by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [scifi] Jun 29, 2022

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Invisible Man by H. G. Wells audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a lonely English village, a strange newcomer arrives wrapped in bandages, hidden behind dark glasses, and determined to avoid every curious eye. He is Griffin, a brilliant but unstable scientist who has discovered a way to make himself invisible, and he soon finds that his breakthrough has brought not freedom but isolation, fear, and a dangerous sense of power. As rumors spread and his behavior grows more alarming, the people around him begin to suspect that the man in the inn is hiding something far more disturbing than a scarred face. What follows is a tense clash between scientific ambition and moral responsibility, as Griffin struggles to control the consequences of his experiment while the world closes in around him. H. G. Wells combines suspense, dark humor, and social criticism in a story that asks what happens when intelligence outruns conscience. Through its unforgettable central figure, Invisible Man explores alienation, identity, and the corrupting effects of secrecy and unchecked power, creating a fast-moving and unsettling portrait of a man who can disappear from sight but not from the consequences of what he has become.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:22:42) Chapter 2

(00:47:08) Chapter 3

(01:16:23) Chapter 4

(01:34:57) Chapter 5

(01:53:25) Chapter 6

(02:10:44) Chapter 7

(02:37:17) Chapter 8

(02:55:53) Chapter 9

(03:15:44) Chapter 10

(03:37:11) Chapter 11

(03:56:43) Chapter 12

(04:18:10) Chapter 13

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The Constant Couple by George Farquhar ~ Full Audiobook [comedy] Jun 29, 2022

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The Constant Couple by George Farquhar audiobook.

Genre: comedy

George Farquhar, the author of this comedy, was the son of a clergyman in the north of Ireland. He was born in the year 1678, discovered an early taste for literature, and wrote poetic stanzas at ten years of age. In 1694 he was sent to Trinity College, Dublin, and there made such progress in his studies as to acquire considerable reputation. But he was volatile and poor—the first misfortune led him to expense; the second, to devise means how to support his extravagance.

In the year 1700 he brought out this comedy of 'The Constant Couple; or, A Trip to the Jubilee.' It was then the Jubilee year at Rome, and the author took advantage of that occurrence to render the title of his drama popular; for which cause alone it must be supposed he made any thing in his play refer to that festival, as no one material point is in any shape connected with it

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:31:24) Chapter 02

(01:03:14) Chapter 03

(01:31:26) Chapter 04

(01:50:39) Chapter 05

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