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Classic Audiobook Collection - Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]
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Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

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06/08/23

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Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson audiobook.

Genre: poetry

Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King is an epic sequence of narrative poems that reimagines the legend of King Arthur as both a grand national myth and an intimate moral drama. From Arthur's rise and the founding of Camelot to the widening cracks within the Round Table, the poems follow a court striving to turn lofty ideals into lived reality. At the center stands Arthur - a ruler determined to build a realm of justice and fellowship - surrounded by knights whose courage is tested by pride, temptation, and divided loyalties. Key figures such as Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot embody the aching tension between private desire and public duty, while quests and battles become mirrors for inner conflict. As rumors spread and trust frays, Camelot's shining vision is threatened not only by external enemies, but by the slow corrosion of faith within. By blending romance, tragedy, and meditation, Tennyson explores how a society holds together, what leadership demands, and how purity of purpose can be challenged by human weakness. Rich in imagery and musical language, the work invites listeners into a mythic world that feels urgently personal.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:33) Chapter 02

(01:12:39) Chapter 03

(01:54:46) Chapter 04

(02:37:29) Chapter 05

(02:59:52) Chapter 06

(03:27:13) Chapter 07

(04:00:22) Chapter 08

(04:23:25) Chapter 09

(04:54:38) Chapter 10

(05:38:59) Chapter 11

(06:10:23) Chapter 12

(06:30:00) Chapter 13

(06:59:35) Chapter 14

(07:33:06) Chapter 15

(08:14:55) Chapter 16

(08:51:09) Chapter 17

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Tangled Trails by William MacLeod Raine audiobook.

Genre: adventure

The aptly titled 'Tangled Trails, A Western Detective Story' takes the listener through a web of curious incidents revolving around the murder of a prominent man in Denver. Kirby Lane was quite obviously the guilty party in the murder of his uncle. Lane, among others, had had a falling out with his uncle, the victim James Cunningham. But there were some who believed his nephew to be innocent of the hideous crime. Lane feared the guilty party to be a female bronco rider whom he had befriended, as her presence at the scene of the crime was quite evident, albeit only to him. There were others also who appeared to be implicated in the murder for various reasons, thus leading to a veritable tangling of clues and suspects. Was there a detective capable enough to untangle this web?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:49) Chapter 02

(00:22:51) Chapter 03

(00:35:52) Chapter 04

(00:46:01) Chapter 05

(00:53:10) Chapter 06

(00:58:36) Chapter 07

(01:08:44) Chapter 08

(01:14:50) Chapter 09

(01:24:25) Chapter 10

(01:33:33) Chapter 11

(01:52:33) Chapter 12

(02:02:06) Chapter 13

(02:12:31) Chapter 14

(02:21:16) Chapter 15

(02:41:06) Chapter 16

(02:51:10) Chapter 17

(03:15:07) Chapter 18

(03:23:19) Chapter 19

(03:36:16) Chapter 20

(03:50:46) Chapter 21

(04:03:14) Chapter 22

(04:18:19) Chapter 23

(04:29:48) Chapter 24

(04:48:38) Chapter 25

(04:59:43) Chapter 26

(05:13:46) Chapter 27

(05:20:00) Chapter 28

(05:31:51) Chapter 29

(05:41:43) Chapter 30

(05:52:37) Chapter 31

(06:01:53) Chapter 32

(06:19:45) Chapter 33

(06:32:40) Chapter 34

(06:42:35) Chapter 35

(06:51:55) Chapter 36

(06:59:25) Chapter 37

(07:19:59) Chapter 38

(07:44:22) Chapter 39

(07:59:31) Chapter 40

(08:21:44) Chapter 41

(08:39:28) Chapter 42

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The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: drama

Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country follows Undine Spragg, a dazzling young woman from the American Midwest who arrives in New York determined to claim a place among the city's old-money elite. Armed with beauty, ambition, and an instinct for what society values, Undine treats life as a series of negotiations: marriage, friendships, and even motherhood become stepping-stones toward greater status and security. Her first target is Ralph Marvell, a sensitive man shaped by inherited privilege and ideals of culture, whose world proves both alluring and constraining. As Undine pushes against the limits imposed by tradition, money, and reputation, she exposes the fragile bargains that hold high society together. The novel moves between glittering drawing rooms and private reckonings, tracing the human costs of relentless social climbing and the quiet devastation left in its wake. With sharp wit and unsparing insight, Wharton paints a portrait of a woman who refuses to be satisfied and a world that turns desire into a kind of currency, asking what, in the pursuit of 'having it all,' must be spent.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:42) Chapter 02

(00:43:15) Chapter 03

(00:55:38) Chapter 04

(01:24:47) Chapter 05

(01:46:22) Chapter 06

(02:01:23) Chapter 07

(02:19:31) Chapter 08

(02:35:06) Chapter 09

(02:52:43) Chapter 10

(03:18:17) Chapter 11

(03:42:50) Chapter 12

(04:08:54) Chapter 13

(04:30:02) Chapter 14

(04:54:46) Chapter 15

(05:21:03) Chapter 16

(05:41:37) Chapter 17

(06:00:21) Chapter 18

(06:35:26) Chapter 19

(06:49:00) Chapter 20

(07:18:46) Chapter 21

(07:50:19) Chapter 22

(08:04:56) Chapter 23

(08:17:54) Chapter 24

(08:41:18) Chapter 25

(08:53:29) Chapter 26

(09:14:15) Chapter 27

(09:27:16) Chapter 28

(09:38:22) Chapter 29

(09:54:45) Chapter 30

(10:07:08) Chapter 31

(10:21:15) Chapter 32

(10:34:58) Chapter 33

(10:44:44) Chapter 34

(10:55:11) Chapter 35

(11:16:08) Chapter 36

(11:24:24) Chapter 37

(11:42:07) Chapter 38

(12:02:32) Chapter 39

(12:20:43) Chapter 40

(12:36:45) Chapter 41

(12:52:34) Chapter 42

(13:04:20) Chapter 43

(13:18:22) Chapter 44

(13:34:09) Chapter 45

(13:48:08) Chapter 46

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