Afterward by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [horror]

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10/12/22

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79m

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Afterward by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: horror

In 'Afterward,' Edith Wharton turns a quiet domestic dream into a chilling question of moral debt. Mary and Ned Boyne, affluent Americans eager for a more settled life, purchase an old English country house called Lyng. The estate comes with atmosphere, history, and the kind of subtle folklore that their practical minds initially dismiss. When a neighbor mentions a local saying - that if anything uncanny happens at Lyng, it comes afterward - Mary treats it as a charming superstition, even as she takes pride in the peace and privacy they have finally secured. As the Boynes settle in, they host visitors, stroll the grounds, and speak with the confident ease of people who believe their past has been left behind. But small disruptions begin to accumulate: an unexpected caller, uneasy conversations, and a growing sense that someone is waiting to be recognized. With Wharton's hallmark psychological precision, the story tightens around the couple's marriage and their assumptions about what can be known - and what can be owed - until the past presses in through the ordinary fabric of everyday life.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:31:25) Chapter 2

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Olive by Dinah Maria Craik ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

October 12, 2022

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857m

Olive by Dinah Maria Craik audiobook.

Genre: romance

Born into a household that prizes beauty above kindness, Olive Rothesay enters the world marked by a slight deformity that makes her an object of shame rather than celebration. Rejected by her charming, self-absorbed mother, and later judged by a father who measures a daughter's worth by appearances, Olive grows up hungry for simple friendship and determined to earn the dignity others deny her. When family fortunes collapse, she and her mother are forced into a precarious new life in London, where unpaid debts, failing health, and hard necessity push Olive toward the only refuge that feels truly hers: work. Taken in among artists, she learns the discipline of the studio and fights for the right to be taken seriously, even as the world insists that a woman lacks genius and that a woman like Olive has no claim on love. As her talent and independence slowly take shape, Olive must decide what she owes to duty, what she dares to want for herself, and whether a guarded, wounded widower can see past what society cannot. Olive is a Victorian story of resilience, vocation, and the quiet courage of self-respect.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:22) Chapter 02

(00:28:35) Chapter 03

(00:40:17) Chapter 04

(00:49:46) Chapter 05

(01:09:41) Chapter 06

(01:22:50) Chapter 07

(01:32:49) Chapter 08

(01:49:04) Chapter 09

(01:58:50) Chapter 10

(02:12:51) Chapter 11

(02:26:39) Chapter 12

(02:48:49) Chapter 13

(03:11:31) Chapter 14

(03:22:47) Chapter 15

(03:43:23) Chapter 16

(03:58:27) Chapter 17

(04:17:06) Chapter 18

(04:30:28) Chapter 19

(04:49:48) Chapter 20

(05:13:43) Chapter 21

(05:31:41) Chapter 22

(05:48:31) Chapter 23

(06:07:00) Chapter 24

(06:23:45) Chapter 25

(06:39:23) Chapter 26

(06:59:21) Chapter 27

(07:21:36) Chapter 28

(07:42:38) Chapter 29

(07:55:32) Chapter 30

(08:20:11) Chapter 31

(08:35:22) Chapter 32

(08:54:14) Chapter 33

(09:11:38) Chapter 34

(09:23:21) Chapter 35

(09:44:39) Chapter 36

(10:05:56) Chapter 37

(10:18:58) Chapter 38

(10:39:12) Chapter 39

(10:57:21) Chapter 40

(11:10:57) Chapter 41

(11:33:39) Chapter 42

(11:49:28) Chapter 43

(12:08:56) Chapter 44

(12:22:07) Chapter 45

(12:43:15) Chapter 46

(13:05:38) Chapter 47

(13:22:22) Chapter 48

(13:41:51) Chapter 49

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Life of Charlemagne by Einhard ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

October 13, 2022

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75m

Life of Charlemagne by Einhard audiobook.

Genre: biography

Written by Einhard, a scholar and court insider who served in the Carolingian court, Life of Charlemagne is an intimate portrait of the ruler who reshaped early medieval Europe. Part eyewitness memoir, part political history, it follows Charlemagne from his ascent amid a turbulent Frankish world through the long campaigns and hard choices required to expand and secure a vast realm. Einhard traces the pressures of governing a patchwork of peoples and frontiers, the drive to impose order through law and administration, and the ambition to revive learning and culture in an age often marked by fragmentation. Alongside battles and diplomacy, the narrative lingers on the daily life of the court: Charlemagne's habits, tastes, religious devotion, family relationships, and the public image he cultivated as king and emperor. The central drama is not only conquest, but the effort to turn power into lasting stability, and to craft a legacy that can outlive a single extraordinary leader. Clear, vivid, and surprisingly personal, this short classic remains one of the most influential biographies of the Middle Ages.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:07) Chapter 02

(00:29:28) Chapter 03

(00:46:43) Chapter 04

(01:00:38) Chapter 05

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