A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

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09/27/23

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381m

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A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Edward W. Hornung's A Thief in the Night, London's most charming criminal steps out of the gentlemen's clubs and onto moonlit streets where reputation is a mask and burglary is an art. A. J. Raffles is a celebrated sportsman by day, a master thief by night, and he never works alone for long: his devoted friend and reluctant accomplice Bunny Manders tells the tale with equal parts admiration and dread. Together they navigate drawing rooms, hotel corridors, and quiet suburban houses, hunting not only for jewels and cash but for the perfect escape from suspicion. Each new scheme tests their nerve and their friendship, as close calls multiply and the law closes in through wary detectives and inconvenient witnesses. Yet the deeper conflict is not simply man versus police, but conscience versus desire: Bunny is pulled between loyalty and fear, while Raffles treats danger like a game with rules only he understands. Witty, tense, and steeped in late-Victorian and Edwardian atmosphere, this is a classic portrait of crime told from the criminal's side.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:41:31) Chapter 02

(01:16:03) Chapter 03

(01:55:47) Chapter 04

(02:39:44) Chapter 05

(03:24:15) Chapter 06

(03:59:31) Chapter 07

(04:41:31) Chapter 08

(05:20:15) Chapter 09

(05:59:16) Chapter 10

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The Suffragette - The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement by E. Sylvia Pankhurst audiobook.

Genre: history

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:42) Chapter 01

(00:39:04) Chapter 02

(01:04:12) Chapter 03

(01:25:13) Chapter 04

(02:07:15) Chapter 05

(02:39:41) Chapter 06

(03:13:59) Chapter 07

(03:39:00) Chapter 08

(04:07:22) Chapter 09

(04:32:29) Chapter 10

(04:57:44) Chapter 11

(05:26:12) Chapter 12

(05:49:10) Chapter 13

(06:17:15) Chapter 14

(06:44:06) Chapter 15

(07:05:05) Chapter 16

(07:36:14) Chapter 17

(08:04:30) Chapter 18

(08:30:37) Chapter 19

(08:57:45) Chapter 20

(09:29:20) Chapter 21

(09:57:39) Chapter 22

(10:35:59) Chapter 23

(11:10:05) Chapter 24

(11:40:15) Chapter 25

(12:14:23) Chapter 26

(12:48:05) Chapter 27

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The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition by Edgar Allan Poe ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

September 28, 2023

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46m

The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition by Edgar Allan Poe audiobook.

Genre: poetry

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and The Philosophy of Composition pairs one of the most famous narrative poems in American literature with the provocative essay in which Poe claims to explain how he built it. In The Raven, a sleepless narrator, raw with grief and memory, tries to read away the night when an unexpected visitor arrives: a raven that perches above his door and answers every question with the same unnerving refrain. As the hours tighten, the speaker's curiosity turns to obsession, and the bird's calm presence becomes a mirror for longing, dread, and the mind's talent for self-torment. The companion piece, The Philosophy of Composition, shifts from candlelit Gothic atmosphere to cool analysis as Poe walks listeners through his stated method: choosing a single emotional effect, selecting sound and rhythm to reinforce it, and arranging images and repetition to escalate intensity. Together, poem and essay form a compact masterclass on how mood is engineered, how meaning can be driven by music, and how art can feel both inevitable and hauntingly personal.

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(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:08) Chapter 01

(00:33:51) Chapter 02

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