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Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]
Classic Audiobook Collection
08/24/22
•106m
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Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde audiobook.
Genre: folklore
Oscar Wilde's Happy Prince and Other Tales gathers a set of luminous fairy stories that look like bedtime favorites but speak with sharp tenderness to readers of any age. In the city where a jewel-studded statue of the Happy Prince stands high above the streets, the Prince can finally see the poverty and sorrow around him, and he enlists a small migrating Swallow to carry his gold and gems to those in need - a fragile partnership tested by cold weather, urgent requests, and the cost of compassion. Around this central tale, Wilde introduces princes and paupers, selfish giants, devoted friends, and creatures caught between beauty and survival, each facing choices that measure the difference between comfort and conscience. With wit, lyric imagery, and bittersweet emotion, these stories explore generosity, sacrifice, friendship, social inequality, and the quiet bravery of doing what is right when no one is watching. The collection invites listeners to savor Wilde's elegant voice while discovering how wonder can illuminate hard truths.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:22:02) Chapter 02
(00:36:25) Chapter 03
(00:46:26) Chapter 04
(01:12:37) Chapter 05
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli audiobook.
Genre: philosophy
Written in the turbulence of Renaissance Italy, The Prince is Niccolo Machiavelli's stark, practical manual on how power is gained, protected, and lost. Addressed to a ruler seeking to unify and stabilize a fractured land, the book studies leaders both celebrated and feared, weighing their choices against the harsh realities of war, loyalty, fortune, and public opinion. Machiavelli asks what a successful prince owes to morality, religion, tradition, and promises when the safety of the state is at stake, and he challenges the comforting idea that good intentions guarantee good outcomes. Moving from the management of armies and territories to the delicate art of alliances and reputation, he examines when generosity becomes weakness, when mercy turns dangerous, and how appearances can decide survival. The Prince is not a tale of heroes but an argument about necessity: a ruler must understand human nature as it is, not as it should be, and must be ready to act decisively when circumstances shift. Provocative, concise, and endlessly debated, this classic invites listeners to confront the uneasy boundary between ethics and effective leadership.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:34:11) Chapter 02
(01:28:02) Chapter 03
(01:47:23) Chapter 04
(02:09:14) Chapter 05
(02:39:25) Chapter 06
(03:01:16) Chapter 07
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Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]
August 24, 2022
•746m
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini audiobook.
Genre: adventure
In late 17th-century England, Dr. Peter Blood is a skilled Irish physician who wants nothing more than a quiet life of duty and reason. But when he offers medical aid to a wounded rebel after the failed Monmouth Rebellion, Blood is swept up in the Crown's vengeance. Wrongly condemned as a traitor, he is shipped across the Atlantic and sold into bondage on Barbados, where his sharp mind, steady hands, and stubborn sense of honor make him both valuable and dangerous. When an unexpected opportunity for escape appears, Blood seizes it and is reborn on the high seas as a daring sea captain with a growing reputation, a disciplined crew, and a code that sets him apart from the cutthroats around him. His rising fortunes bring him into conflict with powerful enemies, shifting colonial politics, and the relentless reach of empire, even as his complicated connection to Arabella Bishop, the governor's spirited niece, tests the boundaries between conscience and survival. Captain Blood is a swashbuckling tale of injustice, transformation, and the price of freedom.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:23:06) Chapter 2
(00:46:04) Chapter 3
(01:23:44) Chapter 4
(01:38:22) Chapter 5
(02:06:38) Chapter 6
(02:39:10) Chapter 7
(03:02:52) Chapter 8
(03:17:18) Chapter 9
(03:44:52) Chapter 10
(03:59:42) Chapter 11
(04:24:52) Chapter 12
(04:39:16) Chapter 13
(04:58:42) Chapter 14
(05:18:35) Chapter 15
(05:44:25) Chapter 16
(06:14:10) Chapter 17
(06:48:47) Chapter 18
(07:16:17) Chapter 19
(07:40:25) Chapter 20
(08:07:10) Chapter 21
(08:37:05) Chapter 22
(08:57:38) Chapter 23
(09:28:22) Chapter 24
(09:57:26) Chapter 25
(10:18:46) Chapter 26
(10:48:58) Chapter 27
(11:10:16) Chapter 28
(11:24:46) Chapter 29
(11:41:46) Chapter 30
(11:56:06) Chapter 31
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