Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

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08/05/22

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257m

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Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw audiobook.

Genre: drama

Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle upon Tyne on March 15, 1899. London production was at the Savoy Theatre in 1907. Shaw wants to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as similar to the British occupation that was occurring during his time. Caesar understands the importance of good government, and values these things above art and love.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:56:36) Chapter 02

(01:57:29) Chapter 03

(02:47:58) Chapter 04

(03:55:14) Chapter 05

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

August 5, 2022

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902m

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

On the lonely Yorkshire moors, an orphan named Heathcliff is taken into the Earnshaw household and grows up alongside their fierce, willful daughter, Catherine. Bound by a wild, consuming attachment and sharpened by cruelty and class prejudice, the two form a relationship that is as intimate as it is destructive. When social ambition and wounded pride pull Catherine toward a safer, more respectable life, Heathcliff is left to nurse a grievance that hardens into obsession. Years later, his return to Wuthering Heights ignites old resentments and sets in motion a ruthless campaign to reclaim what he believes was stolen from him. As the storm of revenge spreads through neighboring Thrushcross Grange, the lives of the next generation are drawn into the fallout: marriages become battlegrounds, inheritance turns into a weapon, and love is twisted into possession. Told through layered voices and haunted by the landscape itself, Wuthering Heights is a dark, unforgettable tale of passion, betrayal, and the long shadow that one damaged heart can cast over an entire family.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:38) Chapter 02

(00:40:59) Chapter 03

(01:18:13) Chapter 04

(01:37:55) Chapter 05

(01:49:04) Chapter 06

(02:08:15) Chapter 07

(02:37:38) Chapter 08

(03:03:19) Chapter 09

(03:47:22) Chapter 10

(04:34:50) Chapter 11

(05:05:59) Chapter 12

(05:44:21) Chapter 13

(06:17:37) Chapter 14

(06:43:34) Chapter 15

(07:09:11) Chapter 16

(07:23:58) Chapter 17

(08:14:55) Chapter 18

(08:41:37) Chapter 19

(08:53:45) Chapter 20

(09:10:09) Chapter 21

(09:56:59) Chapter 22

(10:15:00) Chapter 23

(10:37:59) Chapter 24

(11:06:41) Chapter 25

(11:17:53) Chapter 26

(11:30:06) Chapter 27

(12:06:24) Chapter 28

(12:26:37) Chapter 29

(12:45:33) Chapter 30

(13:02:21) Chapter 31

(13:18:20) Chapter 32

(13:48:58) Chapter 33

(14:15:16) Chapter 34

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe ~ Full Audiobook [history]

August 6, 2022

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1096m

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe audiobook.

Genre: history

Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North’s view of slavery. In fact, when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe, President Lincoln is said to have commented, “So you’re the little lady whose book started the Civil War.” First published on March 20, 1852, the story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters—both fellow slaves and slave owners—revolve. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement of fellow human beings.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:36) Chapter 02

(00:33:21) Chapter 03

(00:45:38) Chapter 04

(01:13:45) Chapter 05

(01:34:21) Chapter 06

(01:55:26) Chapter 07

(02:25:10) Chapter 08

(03:01:49) Chapter 09

(03:41:18) Chapter 10

(04:04:49) Chapter 11

(04:38:01) Chapter 12

(05:17:40) Chapter 13

(05:39:48) Chapter 14

(06:04:54) Chapter 15

(06:44:57) Chapter 16

(07:30:07) Chapter 17

(08:11:01) Chapter 18

(08:50:08) Chapter 19

(09:39:27) Chapter 20

(10:14:43) Chapter 21

(10:26:12) Chapter 22

(10:43:14) Chapter 23

(11:00:25) Chapter 24

(11:16:30) Chapter 25

(11:27:42) Chapter 26

(11:58:43) Chapter 27

(12:17:04) Chapter 28

(12:52:02) Chapter 29

(13:10:12) Chapter 30

(13:33:59) Chapter 31

(13:48:13) Chapter 32

(14:08:02) Chapter 33

(14:24:56) Chapter 34

(14:51:33) Chapter 35

(15:06:20) Chapter 36

(15:22:10) Chapter 37

(15:37:38) Chapter 38

(16:02:44) Chapter 39

(16:25:17) Chapter 40

(16:42:20) Chapter 41

(16:58:05) Chapter 42

(17:13:06) Chapter 43

(17:33:16) Chapter 44

(17:42:21) Chapter 45

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