Gift of the Magi by O. Henry ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

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11/14/22

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15m

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Gift of the Magi by O. Henry audiobook.

Genre: romance

The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their one-room apartment. For Christmas, they each make a sacrifice to purchase a gift for the other, with ironic results.

The moral of the story is that physical possessions, however valuable they may be, are of little value in the grand scheme of things. The true unselfish love that the characters, Jim and Della, share is greater than their possessions.

O. Henry ends the story by clarifying the metaphor between the characters in the story, Della and James (or Jim), and the Biblical Magi. The Gift of the Magi features O. Henry's characteristic twist ending and use of flowery diction.

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(00:00:00) Chapter 1

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Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

November 14, 2022

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1533m

Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence audiobook.

Genre: drama

Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow (1915), and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an industrialist. Lawrence contrasts this pair with the love that develops between Ursula and Rupert Birkin, an alienated intellectual who articulates many opinions associated with the author. The emotional relationships thus established are given further depth and tension by an unadmitted homoerotic attraction between Gerald and Rupert. The novel ranges over the whole of British society at the time of the First World War and eventually ends high up in the snows of the Swiss Alps.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:50:51) Chapter 02

(01:23:49) Chapter 03

(01:55:55) Chapter 04

(02:15:35) Chapter 05

(02:41:42) Chapter 06

(03:25:07) Chapter 07

(03:40:02) Chapter 08

(04:25:11) Chapter 09

(05:08:36) Chapter 10

(05:37:09) Chapter 11

(05:50:44) Chapter 12

(06:24:35) Chapter 13

(06:55:36) Chapter 14

(07:30:32) Chapter 15

(08:26:11) Chapter 16

(09:19:58) Chapter 17

(09:46:18) Chapter 18

(10:23:32) Chapter 19

(10:56:49) Chapter 20

(11:40:14) Chapter 21

(12:11:05) Chapter 22

(12:41:51) Chapter 23

(13:23:51) Chapter 24

(13:57:26) Chapter 25

(14:41:25) Chapter 26

(15:15:11) Chapter 27

(16:22:35) Chapter 28

(17:12:53) Chapter 29

(18:02:02) Chapter 30

(18:12:45) Chapter 31

(18:41:42) Chapter 32

(19:29:21) Chapter 33

(19:47:01) Chapter 34

(20:20:25) Chapter 35

(20:54:36) Chapter 36

(21:46:49) Chapter 37

(22:27:55) Chapter 38

(22:50:54) Chapter 39

(23:20:53) Chapter 40

(24:01:36) Chapter 41

(24:56:42) Chapter 42

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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

November 14, 2022

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53m

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Victorian London, a small, glittering object becomes the center of a baffling holiday mystery. After a street scuffle leaves behind a battered hat and a Christmas goose, the curious items make their way to consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. John Watson. What begins as a modest puzzle quickly sharpens into a high-stakes case when Holmes learns that a famous and valuable blue carbuncle has been stolen and that suspicion has already fallen on an unlikely suspect. With the city busy and the police eager for an arrest, Holmes turns his keen eye to overlooked details: the shape of a hat, the habits of its owner, the winding paths of London's markets and boarding houses, and the quiet motives that drive ordinary people to desperate choices. As Holmes traces the carbuncle's journey from glittering jewel to hidden prize, the investigation explores themes of justice, mercy, and the thin line between misfortune and wrongdoing, all set against the warmth and bustle of the Christmas season.

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(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:26:48) Chapter 02

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