Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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07/24/22

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141m

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Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Victorian England, respectability is a performance, and Jack Worthing has perfected it - at least on paper. In the country, he is the reliable guardian of young Cecily Cardew; in the city, he escapes into a fabricated life under the name 'Ernest,' where pleasure comes without consequences. His friend Algernon Moncrieff, equally allergic to sincerity, discovers Jack's secret and decides to try on a false identity of his own. What begins as a game of charming deception quickly turns into a tangle of romantic declarations, rigid expectations, and escalating misunderstandings when Jack falls for the sharp-witted Gwendolen Fairfax, who insists she can only love a man named Ernest, and Algernon sets his sights on Cecily, who has been dreaming of her own Ernest for years. Presiding over it all is the formidable Lady Bracknell, whose talent for social interrogation can crush a courtship in a single sentence. Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy skewers class, manners, and marriage with unstoppable wit, as two men scramble to keep their invented stories from collapsing under the weight of love and society's demands.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:50:54) Chapter 2

(01:47:36) Chapter 3

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The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

July 24, 2022

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232m

The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb audiobook.

Genre: folklore

In The Adventures of Ulysses, Charles Lamb reshapes the ancient Greek epic of Odysseus into a swift, vivid tale of wandering, wit, and hard-won homecoming. After the fall of Troy, the warrior-king Ulysses sets sail for Ithaca, longing to return to his faithful wife, Penelope, and his young son, Telemachus. But the sea is ruled by unpredictable gods, and every league toward home seems to invite a new trial: storms that scatter his ships, enchanted islands that lull men into forgetting, and monstrous threats that test the limits of courage and leadership. As Ulysses struggles to keep his companions alive and his own purpose intact, the story becomes a contest between human endurance and the capricious power of fate. Lamb's retelling keeps the wonder and terror of myth while highlighting the moral weight of choices - pride and humility, temptation and restraint, loyalty and betrayal. It is an old-world adventure told with clarity and warmth, inviting listeners to follow a hero who survives not only by strength, but by mind and spirit.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:44) Chapter 01

(00:32:12) Chapter 02

(01:06:56) Chapter 03

(01:29:44) Chapter 04

(01:40:40) Chapter 05

(01:55:04) Chapter 06

(02:10:38) Chapter 07

(02:32:30) Chapter 08

(03:04:22) Chapter 09

(03:25:44) Chapter 10

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The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

July 24, 2022

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87m

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde audiobook.

Genre: comedy

When the practical American Otis family buys England's ancient Canterville Chase, they are warned that the house comes with a resident spirit: Sir Simon de Canterville, a centuries-old ghost with a reputation for terror. The Otises, however, are not the sort to be frightened by clanking chains and midnight apparitions. Hiram B. Otis approaches every haunting with common sense and store-bought solutions, while his wife and children treat the supernatural like a puzzling household inconvenience. As Sir Simon escalates his efforts to reclaim his fearsome legacy, the clash between Old World tradition and brisk New World skepticism turns into a sharp, playful battle of wills that exposes the absurdities on both sides. Amid the comedy, a quieter story emerges around Virginia Otis, whose empathy allows her to see beyond the ghost's theatrics to the loneliness and regret beneath them. Blending witty satire with Gothic atmosphere, The Canterville Ghost explores pride, cultural misunderstanding, and the possibility of compassion where no one expects it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:36:52) Chapter 2

(01:02:00) Chapter 3

(01:23:21) Chapter 01

(01:34:26) Chapter 02

(01:43:12) Chapter 03

(02:00:09) Chapter 04

(02:11:59) Chapter 05

(02:23:41) Chapter 06

(02:33:36) Chapter 07