A Rogue’s Life by Wilkie Collins ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

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09/30/22

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A Rogue’s Life by Wilkie Collins audiobook.

Genre: adventure

'The story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were joyously passed with many other friends, all associated with literature and art, of whom the admirable comedian, Regnier, is now the only survivor. The revising of these pages has been to me a melancholy task. I can only hope that they may cheer the sad moments of others. The Rogue may surely claim two merits, at least, in the eyes of the new generation—he is never serious for two moments together; and he 'doesn't take long to read.'

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:22) Chapter 02

(00:38:47) Chapter 03

(00:55:42) Chapter 04

(01:08:11) Chapter 05

(01:24:07) Chapter 06

(02:09:57) Chapter 07

(02:25:17) Chapter 08

(02:48:38) Chapter 09

(03:04:45) Chapter 10

(03:14:30) Chapter 11

(03:33:27) Chapter 12

(03:57:34) Chapter 13

(04:12:18) Chapter 14

(04:32:15) Chapter 15

(04:48:10) Chapter 16

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Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

September 30, 2022

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388m

Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister audiobook.

Genre: biography

Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McAllister’s book (Society as I have Found It) appeared, and when he (Twain) sauntered into my studio one day, I said:

‘Mr. Clemens, have you read Ward McAllister’s book?’

‘Yes; have you?’ he replied.

‘Indeed, I have. I have read it through several times, and intend to read it again. It is one of the most humorous books I ever read.’

‘That’s so,’ said Mark, ‘that’s so. Now, I will tell you something. I spent three months writing a satire on that book of Ward McAllister’s. And when I got through, I again read McAllister’s book, and then my satire, and then tore the blamed thing up. Some things are complete in themselves and cannot be improved upon, and I take off my hat to Mr. McAllister.’” (ref. A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain by Merle Johnson)

Wikipedia says: 'McAllister's downfall came when he published a book of memoirs entitled Society as I Have Found It in 1890. The book, and his hunger for media attention, did little to endear him to the old guard, who valued their privacy in an era when millionaires were the equivalent of modern movie stars.'

N.B. - NOT included in this recording is the author's extensive collection of period stationery, found at the end of the book.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:31) Chapter 01

(00:10:04) Chapter 02

(00:29:36) Chapter 03

(00:37:36) Chapter 04

(00:50:18) Chapter 05

(00:59:45) Chapter 06

(01:11:40) Chapter 07

(01:22:02) Chapter 08

(01:39:43) Chapter 09

(01:55:37) Chapter 10

(02:12:35) Chapter 11

(02:28:09) Chapter 12

(02:37:45) Chapter 13

(02:53:02) Chapter 14

(03:03:10) Chapter 15

(03:18:19) Chapter 16

(03:31:45) Chapter 17

(03:51:33) Chapter 18

(04:09:12) Chapter 19

(04:22:22) Chapter 20

(04:33:02) Chapter 21

(04:45:29) Chapter 22

(04:59:18) Chapter 23

(05:17:15) Chapter 24

(05:28:53) Chapter 25

(05:40:28) Chapter 26

(05:57:09) Chapter 27

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The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

September 30, 2022

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958m

The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In a lonely corner of South Wales, three aging brothers have settled into a quiet, rule-bound life at the bleak old Glen Tower - until a visit from their young ward, Jessie Yelverton, turns their household upside down. Spirited, curious, and impossible to ignore, Jessie soon earns (and embraces) her nickname: the Queen of Hearts. But her stay is set to be brief, and the brothers have a private reason to keep her under their roof a little longer: Griffith's son, George, is expected home soon, and his hopes for Jessie depend on time. Their solution is both simple and dangerous - they will hold Jessie night after night with stories. What begins as a domestic comedy of manners becomes a chain of gripping fireside narratives: tales of hidden motives, uncanny warnings, sudden violence, and everyday lives pushed into extraordinary corners. As each storyteller reveals another secret, the frame story tightens too, and Jessie must decide what to believe about the men around her, and what kind of future she will accept.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:38) Chapter 01

(00:14:26) Chapter 02

(00:29:04) Chapter 03

(00:53:09) Chapter 04

(01:07:59) Chapter 05

(01:22:16) Chapter 06

(01:45:14) Chapter 07

(02:04:02) Chapter 08

(02:27:05) Chapter 09

(02:45:48) Chapter 10

(02:58:17) Chapter 11

(03:16:53) Chapter 12

(03:23:37) Chapter 13

(03:40:01) Chapter 14

(03:58:54) Chapter 15

(04:21:09) Chapter 16

(04:35:43) Chapter 17

(04:53:35) Chapter 18

(05:14:14) Chapter 19

(05:44:24) Chapter 20

(06:23:43) Chapter 21

(06:53:21) Chapter 22

(07:11:41) Chapter 23

(07:39:20) Chapter 24

(08:11:05) Chapter 25

(08:31:28) Chapter 26

(09:03:41) Chapter 27

(09:22:41) Chapter 28

(09:43:52) Chapter 29

(10:24:47) Chapter 30

(10:56:18) Chapter 31

(11:19:38) Chapter 32

(11:37:52) Chapter 33

(11:50:50) Chapter 34

(12:15:25) Chapter 35

(12:28:03) Chapter 36

(12:51:50) Chapter 37

(13:04:11) Chapter 38

(13:44:43) Chapter 39

(14:42:13) Chapter 40

(15:12:30) Chapter 41

(15:28:05) Chapter 42

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