As You Like It by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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06/30/22

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171m

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As You Like It by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In As You Like It, William Shakespeare transports listeners from the rigid politics of court to the liberating wilds of the Forest of Arden, where identities shift and love tests its own logic. When the sharp-witted Rosalind is abruptly banished by her uncle, the usurping Duke Frederick, she flees into exile with her loyal cousin Celia and the quick-tongued fool Touchstone. Disguised for safety, Rosalind enters a woodland community formed around her father, the displaced Duke Senior, where songs, satire, and philosophy mingle under the trees. Meanwhile, Orlando, a young nobleman cheated and threatened by his brother Oliver, escapes to the same forest, carrying both his grievances and a growing passion for Rosalind. In Arden, courtly manners collide with pastoral freedom: lovers speak in riddles, poets carve promises into bark, and the melancholy observer Jaques questions what any of it means. Through playful deception, sharp banter, and moments of genuine vulnerability, the characters must navigate desire, loyalty, and the hunger for power, asking how to live truly when the world insists on roles.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:02:54) Chapter 1

(00:37:02) Chapter 2

(01:12:46) Chapter 3

(01:55:51) Chapter 4

(02:19:19) Chapter 5

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Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

June 30, 2022

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753m

Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Walter Savage Landor's Imaginary Conversations is a brilliantly inventive collection of dialogues in which the dead speak again - not as museum pieces, but as sharp-minded opponents, allies, and provocateurs. Across a wide range of imagined meetings, Landor brings together rulers, rebels, poets, philosophers, generals, and statesmen from different eras and nations, letting their clashing temperaments and convictions drive the drama. Each conversation becomes a miniature stage where character is revealed through argument: pride and humility, ambition and conscience, faith and skepticism, art and power. Rather than offering a single plot, the book offers a series of intellectual encounters, each shaped by the distinct voices of its speakers and by the moral and political questions they cannot avoid. Landor's prose moves from wit to gravity with ease, balancing historical awareness with bold speculation, and inviting listeners to consider how ideas survive their owners. The result is part literary performance, part philosophical inquiry, and part historical meditation - a work for anyone who enjoys great talk, great minds, and the enduring friction between ideals and reality.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:38:46) Chapter 01

(00:49:47) Chapter 02

(00:59:33) Chapter 03

(01:08:35) Chapter 04

(01:17:26) Chapter 05

(01:32:59) Chapter 06

(01:48:50) Chapter 07

(02:05:39) Chapter 08

(02:16:57) Chapter 09

(02:41:07) Chapter 10

(02:52:13) Chapter 11

(03:08:04) Chapter 12

(03:17:20) Chapter 13

(03:25:08) Chapter 14

(03:39:25) Chapter 15

(03:52:37) Chapter 16

(04:04:07) Chapter 17

(04:17:51) Chapter 18

(04:39:46) Chapter 19

(04:52:50) Chapter 20

(05:32:18) Chapter 21

(05:42:09) Chapter 22

(05:52:07) Chapter 23

(06:04:27) Chapter 24

(06:09:50) Chapter 25

(06:47:37) Chapter 26

(07:32:44) Chapter 27

(08:09:41) Chapter 28

(08:28:57) Chapter 29

(08:46:47) Chapter 30

(09:14:02) Chapter 31

(09:47:45) Chapter 32

(10:52:45) Chapter 33

(11:05:08) Chapter 34

(11:53:13) Chapter 35

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

June 30, 2022

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254m

Hamlet by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

In the royal court of Elsinore, Denmark, Prince Hamlet returns home to a kingdom unsettled by grief and hurried celebration. His father, the king, has died, and his mother, Queen Gertrude, has swiftly married Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, who now wears the crown. Hamlet's mourning turns into suspicion when a chilling revelation suggests that the old king's death was no accident. Pulled between duty, faith, and doubt, Hamlet becomes consumed by the need to uncover the truth and set things right, even as the court watches his every move. As he tests loyalties and searches for certainty, Hamlet's relationships fray: the wise counselor Polonius meddles in affairs of state and family, the young noblewoman Ophelia is caught in conflicting demands, and Hamlet's friends find themselves drawn into dangerous intrigues. With sharp wit, philosophical reflection, and mounting urgency, the story probes revenge and justice, appearance and reality, and the cost of indecision. What begins as a private reckoning becomes a public crisis, where every choice carries consequences.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:55:40) Chapter 2

(01:41:46) Chapter 3

(02:41:25) Chapter 4

(03:23:58) Chapter 5

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