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Classic Audiobook Collection - In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]
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In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

Classic Audiobook Collection

08/23/22

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In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Nancy 'Nance' Olden has learned to survive by her wits. Raised in a brutal charity home the girls bitterly nickname the Cruelty, she runs away into a city that offers little mercy and plenty of temptation. On the streets she falls in with Tom Dorgan, a charming, dangerous crook who sees her quick mind as an asset, and together they play confidence games and thefts that keep the police close behind. During a frantic escape, Nance slips into the wrong carriage and collides with an unlikely protector: a dignified bishop whose intervention turns a near-capture into a baffling second chance. But escaping the law is not the same as escaping a past, and Nance soon finds herself pulled between two worlds - the electric thrill and loyalty of her old partnership with Tom, and the promise of a respectable life offered by new allies who recognize her talent for mimicry and performance. As Nance is drawn toward the stage and a different name for herself, the city tightens its net, old crimes resurface, and she must decide what she truly wants to steal: money, freedom, or a future.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:35:33) Chapter 02

(01:12:37) Chapter 03

(01:25:39) Chapter 04

(01:51:20) Chapter 05

(02:09:52) Chapter 06

(02:25:37) Chapter 07

(02:44:01) Chapter 08

(03:10:11) Chapter 09

(03:26:04) Chapter 10

(03:43:11) Chapter 11

(03:59:22) Chapter 12

(04:14:53) Chapter 13

(04:31:06) Chapter 14

(04:43:15) Chapter 15

(04:58:27) Chapter 16

(05:06:11) Chapter 17

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The Blonde Lady by Maurice Leblanc audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In 'The Blonde Lady, being a record of the duel of wits between Arsène Lupin and the English detective' - original title 'Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes' - the gentleman-burglar once more meets his enemy, the English detective Herlock Sholmes. If in the last story of 'Arsène Lupin, gentleman-burglar' Sherlock Holmes arrives too late (the name was at a later date changed to Herlock Sholmes in reply to complaints and threats by Conan Doyle regarding copyrights), in the two stories that compose 'The Blonde Lady' these two great intellects are bound in opposite directions. Where one chooses to abide to the law, the other uses his power and wits to crime - and who is going to win?

These two stories appeared in chapters and as separate pieces in the magazine Je Sais Tout, during the years of 1906 and 1907, and were published together as a book first in 1908, being the second of the books where Arsène Lupin, the kind-hearted and humorous thief, is the main character.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:55:25) Chapter 2

(01:44:09) Chapter 3

(02:28:38) Chapter 4

(03:10:00) Chapter 5

(03:59:16) Chapter 6

(04:47:43) Chapter 7

(05:22:15) Chapter 8

(05:56:32) Chapter 9

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.

Genre: drama

In a rigid 17th-century Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne is forced to stand before her community branded as an adulteress, marked by a scarlet letter sewn to her clothing. Refusing to name the child's father, she raises her spirited daughter Pearl on the edge of society, living under constant scrutiny and moral judgment. As Hester struggles to protect her child and carve out a life with dignity, the town's most revered young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale, begins to wither under a private burden that no sermon can ease. When Hester's long-lost husband returns in secret, taking the name Roger Chillingworth, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind Hester's shame, turning his sharp intelligence into a tool of quiet vengeance. Set amid stark forests, stern meetinghouses, and the watchful eyes of neighbors, The Scarlet Letter follows a web of sin, punishment, and mercy, asking who truly has the right to judge. Hawthorne's classic novel explores secrecy and confession, public law and private conscience, and the fierce cost - and surprising strength - of love and redemption.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:51:29) Chapter 2

(01:38:23) Chapter 01

(01:41:37) Chapter 02

(02:02:10) Chapter 03

(02:23:39) Chapter 04

(02:40:37) Chapter 05

(03:01:56) Chapter 06

(03:24:31) Chapter 07

(03:40:47) Chapter 08

(03:59:23) Chapter 09

(04:21:34) Chapter 10

(04:44:46) Chapter 11

(05:02:21) Chapter 12

(05:28:18) Chapter 13

(05:48:34) Chapter 14

(06:03:45) Chapter 15

(06:19:17) Chapter 16

(06:33:38) Chapter 17

(07:00:24) Chapter 18

(07:14:29) Chapter 19

(07:31:01) Chapter 20

(07:52:12) Chapter 21

(08:11:16) Chapter 22

(08:40:34) Chapter 23

(08:57:17) Chapter 24

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