A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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06/30/22

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey's head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her true love Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena, who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the forest are Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, at odds with one another. At Oberon's behest, Puck causes Demetrius to fall in love with Helena -- oops, he missed, that was Lysander instead. Mayhem ensues. In the meantime, a group of bumbling craftsmen rehearses a play. Puck gives one of them, Bottom, the head of an ass and makes Titania fall in love with him. Further hilarity results as Bottom sees nothing at all odd about this. Eventually everything is straightened out, Bottom and the rest 'perform' their play, there is a triple wedding, and Puck assures us the whole thing has been a dream.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:22:54) Chapter 2

(00:48:55) Chapter 3

(01:29:06) Chapter 4

(01:46:11) Chapter 5

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(00:03:06) Chapter 1

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157m

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In the sunlit court of Messina, peace after war should mean celebration, but old grudges and sharp tongues quickly turn joy into chaos. When the young noble Claudio falls for the gentle Hero, their swift engagement seems to promise a perfect alliance. Yet a schemer with a talent for deception sets out to ruin the match, testing reputations and loyalty in a world where appearances can be manipulated with a whisper. Meanwhile, a very different battle plays out in plain sight: Beatrice and Benedick, two witty equals with a history of barbed banter, insist they are immune to love even as their friends plot to bring them together. As masked festivities, overheard conversations, and staged misunderstandings spiral, the household must untangle rumor from truth before heartbreak becomes permanent. Much Ado About Nothing blends sparkling wordplay with darker questions about honor, trust, and the cost of public shame, ultimately asking how love can survive when certainty is so easily counterfeited.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:23:04) Chapter 02

(01:03:57) Chapter 03

(01:33:51) Chapter 04

(01:58:13) Chapter 05

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