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English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]
Classic Audiobook Collection
07/12/22
•339m
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English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs audiobook.
Genre: folklore
First published in the nineteenth century and gathered with a storyteller's ear, English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a lively treasury of England's best-loved folk narratives. In these pages, ordinary boys and girls stumble into extraordinary tests, clever underdogs outwit giants and witches, and wandering heroes bargain with fate using little more than nerve, luck, and a sharp tongue. Familiar figures appear in fresh, fireside-told form: Jack trading for magic, Tom Thumb proving that small can be mighty, bold travelers braving haunted roads, and quick-witted tricksters turning danger back on those who threaten them. Each tale stands alone, yet together they paint a vivid portrait of a world where kindness is rewarded, greed is punished, and courage often arrives disguised as mischief. Jacobs, a pioneering folklorist, presents these stories with brisk pace and bright humor, preserving the rhythms of oral tradition while inviting modern listeners to hear the old adventures anew. Perfect for family listening or anyone drawn to timeless wonder, this collection celebrates imagination, resilience, and the enduring pull of the impossible.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:09:30) Chapter 2
(00:20:51) Chapter 3
(00:29:43) Chapter 4
(00:36:42) Chapter 5
(00:42:05) Chapter 6
(00:47:03) Chapter 7
(00:55:08) Chapter 8
(01:06:52) Chapter 9
(01:11:37) Chapter 10
(01:17:26) Chapter 11
(01:20:20) Chapter 12
(01:29:10) Chapter 13
(01:32:13) Chapter 14
(01:47:24) Chapter 15
(01:53:32) Chapter 16
(01:58:44) Chapter 17
(02:04:18) Chapter 18
(02:23:43) Chapter 19
(02:31:47) Chapter 20
(02:54:45) Chapter 21
(03:00:11) Chapter 22
(03:11:24) Chapter 23
(03:20:43) Chapter 24
(03:30:20) Chapter 25
(03:32:26) Chapter 26
(03:43:48) Chapter 27
(03:50:34) Chapter 28
(03:55:06) Chapter 29
(04:00:46) Chapter 30
(04:07:43) Chapter 31
(04:12:01) Chapter 32
(04:30:16) Chapter 33
(04:35:03) Chapter 34
(04:42:57) Chapter 35
(04:45:43) Chapter 36
(04:52:47) Chapter 37
(04:56:00) Chapter 38
(05:03:30) Chapter 39
(05:06:29) Chapter 40
(05:13:37) Chapter 41
(05:18:34) Chapter 42
(05:25:10) Chapter 43
(05:27:41) Chapter 44
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad audiobook.
Genre: adventure
Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and minds as a mysterious shadow, Heart of Darkness famously explores the rituals of civilisation and barbarism, and the frighteningly fine line between them.
We get the tale through a classic unreliable narrator, relating as Marlow, a ship’s captain, tells how he was sent by the Company to retrieve the wayward Kurtz, and was shaken to discover the true depths of darkness in that creature’s, and in his own, soul. Conrad based the work closely on his own terrible experience in the Congo.
This work has been reinterpreted and adapted into many modern forms, the most well known being the film Apocalypse Now.
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(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:44:17) Chapter 2
(01:31:58) Chapter 3
(02:08:56) Chapter 4
(02:51:38) Chapter 5
(03:22:04) Chapter 6
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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne audiobook.
Genre: adventure
In Victorian London, precise and unflappable gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a wager that sounds impossible: he will travel around the world in just eighty days, using the era's newest steamships and railways to prove that time and distance can be mastered by logic and punctuality. With his resourceful new valet, Passepartout, Fogg sets off at once, turning timetables into lifelines and every missed connection into a crisis. Their whirlwind route carries them from the bustle of Europe to the heat of India, onward to East Asia, across the vast Pacific, and through a turbulent America, where unfamiliar customs and sudden dangers test even Fogg's cool resolve. But the race is not only against the clock. A determined detective, convinced the traveler is fleeing justice, follows their trail and threatens to undo the journey at every turn. As storms, accidents, misunderstandings, and hard choices pile up, the trio's pursuit becomes a gripping contest of endurance, ingenuity, and faith in modern progress - and a surprisingly human story about risk, loyalty, and what is truly worth crossing the world for.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:10:20) Chapter 02
(00:18:37) Chapter 03
(00:32:03) Chapter 04
(00:38:44) Chapter 05
(00:45:04) Chapter 06
(00:53:40) Chapter 07
(00:59:05) Chapter 08
(01:06:03) Chapter 09
(01:16:32) Chapter 10
(01:27:22) Chapter 11
(01:44:28) Chapter 12
(01:58:38) Chapter 13
(02:11:46) Chapter 14
(02:24:51) Chapter 15
(02:37:19) Chapter 16
(02:47:53) Chapter 17
(02:59:26) Chapter 18
(03:08:37) Chapter 19
(03:22:43) Chapter 20
(03:34:52) Chapter 21
(03:51:42) Chapter 22
(04:05:47) Chapter 23
(04:19:03) Chapter 24
(04:32:11) Chapter 25
(04:45:54) Chapter 26
(04:56:55) Chapter 27
(05:10:00) Chapter 28
(05:26:11) Chapter 29
(05:40:14) Chapter 30
(05:54:29) Chapter 31
(06:07:01) Chapter 32
(06:14:47) Chapter 33
(06:31:18) Chapter 34
(06:37:54) Chapter 35
(06:48:43) Chapter 36
(06:56:08) Chapter 37
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