Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

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01/26/23

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Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: drama

Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), published in serial format in 1846, was one of the last and greatest of Balzac's works. It was part of his long novel collection titled La Comédie Humaine. Set in mid-19th-century France, it tells the story of a woman who resents her position as a 'poor relation.' As we follow her schemes to bring ruin upon the more privileged members of her family, we see a society in transition. The stability and idealism of the old order give way to a new bourgeois world in which virtue is strangled in the struggle for power and money. In this novel, Balzac searchingly probes the psychology and motivations of his characters: his work influenced the development of literary realism, as practised by writers such as Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Proust, and Henry James.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:53) Chapter 02

(00:35:46) Chapter 03

(01:03:26) Chapter 04

(01:30:36) Chapter 05

(01:56:41) Chapter 06

(02:25:08) Chapter 07

(02:49:13) Chapter 08

(03:16:51) Chapter 09

(03:38:52) Chapter 10

(04:00:58) Chapter 11

(04:19:01) Chapter 12

(04:41:32) Chapter 13

(05:07:55) Chapter 14

(05:35:41) Chapter 15

(06:00:38) Chapter 16

(06:17:48) Chapter 17

(06:39:05) Chapter 18

(06:59:35) Chapter 19

(07:25:30) Chapter 20

(07:50:12) Chapter 21

(08:23:58) Chapter 22

(08:55:10) Chapter 23

(09:20:39) Chapter 24

(09:47:52) Chapter 25

(10:15:00) Chapter 26

(10:34:14) Chapter 27

(11:03:16) Chapter 28

(11:35:11) Chapter 29

(12:10:00) Chapter 30

(12:39:16) Chapter 31

(13:19:35) Chapter 32

(13:52:58) Chapter 33

(14:37:01) Chapter 34

(15:05:23) Chapter 35

(15:29:53) Chapter 36

(16:00:32) Chapter 37

(16:28:46) Chapter 38

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The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

January 26, 2023

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506m

The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

On opening night at New York's Thelma Theater, the audience settles into a hush just before the climax of His Soul's Master - a play by young dramatist Helen Hardwick. Then the performance turns into a nightmare: the leading actress collapses and dies under baffling, suspicious circumstances, leaving behind a fragmentary clue and a chill of ominous laughter that Helen cannot forget. Because Helen was watching from a privileged vantage point and glimpsed something no one else seems to have noticed, she is pulled from the safety of the footlights into a dangerous investigation that stretches far beyond the theater walls. Rumors swirl about Mr. Shei, a shadowy figure whispered to be behind a growing pattern of threats, and about the sudden reappearance of the Gray Phantom - a name tied to audacious crimes, elaborate disguises, and a reputation that makes him equal parts suspect and savior. As pressure mounts and powerful men become targets in a scheme of intimidation and extortion, Helen must decide whom to trust while navigating a world of secrets where every entrance feels like a trap and every curtain call could be fatal.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:38) Chapter 02

(00:55:38) Chapter 03

(01:30:38) Chapter 04

(01:43:43) Chapter 05

(02:08:22) Chapter 06

(02:33:42) Chapter 07

(03:04:00) Chapter 08

(03:18:06) Chapter 09

(03:34:19) Chapter 10

(03:55:05) Chapter 11

(04:11:51) Chapter 12

(04:29:59) Chapter 13

(04:58:01) Chapter 14

(05:09:52) Chapter 15

(05:31:50) Chapter 16

(05:48:35) Chapter 17

(06:19:41) Chapter 18

(06:37:45) Chapter 19

(06:57:48) Chapter 20

(07:28:07) Chapter 21

(07:48:43) Chapter 22

(08:05:33) Chapter 23

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Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

January 26, 2023

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701m

Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Restoration-era Paris, where titles and money can open any door, young law student Eugene de Rastignac arrives with ambition and a thin purse and takes a room in the shabby Maison Vauquer boardinghouse. There he meets a gallery of strivers and castoffs, including the quiet, ridiculed old lodger known as Father Goriot, who seems to be sinking into poverty for reasons no one understands. As Eugene is drawn into the glittering salons of the Faubourg Saint-Germain through distant family connections, he also encounters the mysterious, sharp-minded Vautrin, whose cynical lessons about power and survival tempt Eugene to trade principles for advancement. Between the boardinghouse's cramped dining room and the city's grand drawing rooms, Eugene watches alliances form and collapse, reputations bought and sold, and affection tested by social ambition. At the heart of it all lies Goriot's all-consuming love for his daughters, a devotion that exposes the costs of status, the cruelty of gossip, and the hunger that drives people to betray one another. Balzac's classic unspools as a portrait of Paris itself: seductive, pitiless, and impossible to resist.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:43:17) Chapter 02

(01:16:11) Chapter 03

(01:34:02) Chapter 04

(01:58:59) Chapter 05

(02:10:06) Chapter 06

(02:39:39) Chapter 07

(03:28:37) Chapter 08

(03:55:01) Chapter 09

(04:44:06) Chapter 10