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Classic Audiobook Collection - A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]
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A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

Classic Audiobook Collection

07/04/23

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A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In A Voyage to the Moon, Cyrano de Bergerac launches a bold, mischievous tale that blends adventure with razor-edged satire. The narrator, a quick-witted skeptic with an appetite for daring theories, becomes obsessed with the possibility of life beyond Earth and devises a series of improbable schemes to reach the Moon. When his experiments finally hurl him into the heavens, he arrives in a world that is unmistakably alien yet uncomfortably familiar: a society with its own customs, hierarchies, and assumptions about what is natural, moral, and true. As an outsider, he is forced to justify his origin, his beliefs, and even his humanity before curious (and often hostile) lunar authorities and philosophers. Each encounter becomes a contest of ideas, where accepted wisdom is flipped on its head and earthly dogmas about religion, science, politics, and social status are tested under an unforgiving new logic. By turns comic, confrontational, and imaginative, this early classic invites listeners to question certainty itself and to wonder how strange our own world might look from far away.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:22:06) Chapter 01

(00:24:45) Chapter 02

(00:32:18) Chapter 03

(00:37:15) Chapter 04

(00:43:12) Chapter 05

(00:56:38) Chapter 06

(01:02:15) Chapter 07

(01:08:41) Chapter 08

(01:27:31) Chapter 09

(01:41:22) Chapter 10

(01:55:48) Chapter 11

(02:16:32) Chapter 12

(02:22:30) Chapter 13

(02:36:00) Chapter 14

(02:55:15) Chapter 15

(03:05:12) Chapter 16

(03:21:43) Chapter 17

(03:34:51) Chapter 18

(03:42:11) Chapter 19

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The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In a quiet village where reputation is everything, Solomon Peaslee is determined to be taken seriously. He has his eye on public respectability, and he is especially pleased with the prospect of serving on the grand jury, a role that feels like proof he has finally arrived. But the one thing that reliably unmans him is a bold, trespassing calico cat that treats his property as its personal kingdom. One impulsive night, Solomon decides to end the nuisance for good, raising his shotgun at the cat on the fence. The blast misses its target and strikes something far more dangerous: a man lurking in the dark. In the stunned aftermath, Solomon scrambles to protect his standing, dodge suspicion, and keep the village from turning its sharp attention on him. As gossip spreads and half-truths multiply, the incident ripples outward, pulling neighbors and family into a tightening knot of fear, blame, and misplaced certainty. When a boy becomes entangled in the fallout, Solomon must face a conflict that no civic title can solve: whether preserving his image is worth the cost of his conscience.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:22:10) Chapter 2

(00:46:26) Chapter 3

(01:07:14) Chapter 4

(01:26:14) Chapter 5

(01:43:02) Chapter 6

(02:04:40) Chapter 7

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Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock by Eliza Fenwick audiobook.

Genre: romance

Told through an intimate web of letters, Eliza Fenwick's Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock draws listeners into a remote coastal estate where affection, reputation, and power collide. Caroline Ashburn, thoughtful and clear-eyed, writes with growing alarm about her friend Sibella Valmont, a young heiress kept under the stern rule of her uncle, Mr. Valmont. Behind the castle walls and the constant roar of the sea, Sibella's lively intelligence and hunger for freedom clash with a household that treats obedience as virtue and silence as safety. As Sibella's attachment to Clement Montgomery deepens, Mr. Valmont tightens his control, and a private crisis emerges that cannot be easily contained. What begins as concern for a friend's welfare becomes a tense struggle over who gets to decide a woman's future: family authority, social expectation, or the woman herself. Part Gothic atmosphere and part social critique, Fenwick explores female friendship, moral courage, and the cost of hidden truths, as every letter inches closer to consequences no one can fully predict.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:19) Chapter 01

(00:05:55) Chapter 02

(00:16:40) Chapter 03

(00:41:08) Chapter 04

(00:47:51) Chapter 05

(01:17:20) Chapter 06

(01:33:14) Chapter 07

(02:14:32) Chapter 08

(02:22:50) Chapter 09

(02:38:26) Chapter 10

(02:55:17) Chapter 11

(03:02:56) Chapter 12

(03:06:24) Chapter 13

(03:26:04) Chapter 14

(03:30:29) Chapter 15

(03:33:03) Chapter 16

(03:35:17) Chapter 17

(03:36:23) Chapter 18

(03:43:23) Chapter 19

(03:55:08) Chapter 20

(04:19:52) Chapter 21

(04:25:34) Chapter 22

(04:32:26) Chapter 23

(04:35:37) Chapter 24

(04:54:46) Chapter 25

(05:08:25) Chapter 26

(05:20:31) Chapter 27

(05:32:58) Chapter 28

(05:54:56) Chapter 29

(05:59:04) Chapter 30

(06:01:02) Chapter 31

(06:14:16) Chapter 32

(06:26:13) Chapter 33

(06:40:51) Chapter 34

(07:15:07) Chapter 35

(07:31:23) Chapter 36

(07:41:31) Chapter 37

(07:54:34) Chapter 38

(08:01:02) Chapter 39

(08:21:03) Chapter 40

(08:36:04) Chapter 41

(08:43:13) Chapter 42

(08:46:30) Chapter 43

(08:50:18) Chapter 44

(08:52:02) Chapter 45

(08:55:56) Chapter 46

(08:57:05) Chapter 47

(08:59:46) Chapter 48

(09:12:34) Chapter 49

(09:13:47) Chapter 50

(09:15:15) Chapter 51

(09:17:36) Chapter 52

(09:21:32) Chapter 53

(09:23:32) Chapter 54

(09:25:19) Chapter 55

(09:26:51) Chapter 56

(09:29:58) Chapter 57

(09:38:48) Chapter 58

(09:39:56) Chapter 59

(09:40:45) Chapter 60

(09:56:31) Chapter 61

(09:59:07) Chapter 62

(10:03:26) Chapter 63

(10:06:52) Chapter 64

(10:12:21) Chapter 65

(10:14:57) Chapter 66

(10:18:50) Chapter 67

(10:23:05) Chapter 68

(10:24:27) Chapter 69

(10:26:15) Chapter 70

(10:32:48) Chapter 71

(10:33:54) Chapter 72

(10:35:16) Chapter 73

(10:37:36) Chapter 74

(10:57:11) Chapter 75

(11:00:56) Chapter 76

(11:08:59) Chapter 77

(11:14:08) Chapter 78

(11:16:09) Chapter 79

(11:32:01) Chapter 80

(11:37:53) Chapter 81

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