Jeremy And Hamlet by Hugh Walpole ~ Full Audiobook [family]

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07/21/23

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441m

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Jeremy And Hamlet by Hugh Walpole audiobook.

Genre: family

Set in the English cathedral town of Polchester in the 1890s, Jeremy and Hamlet follows ten-year-old Jeremy Cole as he comes home from school and discovers that home has subtly changed - including his beloved dog, Hamlet. Once inseparable, boy and dog now circle each other warily, as Hamlet has settled into a new routine and Jeremy returns full of expectations, pride, and half-understood worries about where he belongs. Around them, the Cole household bustles with sisters Helen and Mary, anxious parents, servants who see more than they say, and a stream of relatives whose visits bring comedy, discomfort, and sudden moments of insight. Jeremy is old enough to feel the sting of embarrassment and injustice, but young enough to be ruled by imagination, fierce loyalties, and quick remorse. As he navigates church, school talk, family quarrels, small-town gossip, and the private dramas of childhood, Jeremy begins to recognize the hidden strengths and weaknesses of the adults he thought he knew. Warm, witty, and quietly poignant, this chronicle captures the everyday adventures that shape a boy's conscience - and the complicated love between a child and his dog.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:25) Chapter 01

(00:34:33) Chapter 02

(01:10:33) Chapter 03

(01:48:02) Chapter 04

(02:22:24) Chapter 05

(02:54:09) Chapter 06

(03:30:44) Chapter 07

(04:04:43) Chapter 08

(04:47:26) Chapter 09

(05:25:05) Chapter 10

(06:00:30) Chapter 11

(06:33:48) Chapter 12

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The Duchess of Langeais by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

July 20, 2023

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447m

The Duchess of Langeais by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Restoration-era Paris, where reputations are made and destroyed in drawing rooms, the brilliant and feared society woman Antoinette de Langeais rules her salon with teasing smiles and carefully measured cruelty. Into her orbit steps Armand de Montriveau, a hard-edged general whose directness and pride clash with the duchess's aristocratic codes of flirtation and restraint. What begins as a glittering contest of will and vanity turns into a dangerous struggle for control, as desire collides with class, honor, and the rigid expectations placed on men and women alike. Balzac traces how a single relationship can become a public performance, shaped by gossip, alliances, and the unspoken laws of high society. As Montriveau presses for something real and the duchess attempts to keep emotion safely behind etiquette, both discover the costs of pride and the limits of power. Tense, intimate, and sharply observed, The Duchess of Langeais is a portrait of love as warfare, and of a world where the heart is never fully private.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:31:24) Chapter 02

(01:00:45) Chapter 03

(01:42:58) Chapter 04

(02:27:41) Chapter 05

(03:00:53) Chapter 06

(03:48:14) Chapter 07

(04:35:19) Chapter 08

(05:18:29) Chapter 09

(05:47:02) Chapter 10

(06:29:06) Chapter 11

(06:54:48) Chapter 12

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Joseph Conrad by Hugh Walpole ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

July 21, 2023

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142m

Joseph Conrad by Hugh Walpole audiobook.

Genre: biography

This is a literary biography of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. He was granted British nationality in 1886, but always considered himself a Pole. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a marked accent), he was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit.

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884 – 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.... Joseph Conrad said of him, 'We see Mr. Walpole grappling with the truth of things spiritual and material with his characteristic earnestness, and we can discern the characteristics of this acute and sympathetic explorer of human nature.'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:36:22) Chapter 2

(01:19:06) Chapter 3

(02:00:03) Chapter 4

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