King Lear by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

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06/30/22

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King Lear by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

A powerful aging king, Lear, decides to step away from the burdens of rule and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. Before he grants their inheritances, he demands a public declaration of love, turning family devotion into a test of performance. Two daughters seize the opportunity with flattering words, while the third refuses to dress truth in empty praise - a choice that triggers banishment, political upheaval, and a swift unravelling of Lear's authority. As the former monarch is pushed out into a hostile world, he is forced to confront what remains when titles and power fall away. Parallel to Lear's fall, another noble household fractures under betrayal and ambition, revealing how easily loyalty can be bought, forged, or destroyed. Storms in the natural world mirror storms of mind and state as allies shift, enemies multiply, and the line between sanity and despair blurs. With its fierce poetry and brutal insight, King Lear explores pride, aging, justice, filial duty, and the terrifying cost of mistaking appearances for truth - and asks what kind of love can endure when everything else is stripped down to need.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:55:41) Chapter 2

(01:32:51) Chapter 3

(02:12:07) Chapter 4

(02:56:25) Chapter 5

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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

June 30, 2022

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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar plunges listeners into the charged political world of ancient Rome, where the line between patriotism and ambition is dangerously thin. As Caesar's power swells and the city buzzes with rumors of kingship, a group of senators led by the principled yet conflicted Brutus and the shrewd Cassius wrestles with a single, fateful question: can Rome remain free if one man stands above its laws? Caught between loyalty to a friend and duty to the republic, Brutus becomes the moral center of a conspiracy that will test his convictions and unravel the lives around him. In the streets and public squares, rhetoric becomes a weapon as leaders battle to shape the crowd's will, and alliances shift under pressure. With iconic speeches, tense private debates, and the constant threat of betrayal, the play explores honor, persuasion, fate, and the high cost of political violence. Julius Caesar is both an intimate portrait of conscience and a sweeping drama of a society on the brink, where every decision reverberates through Rome's future.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:42) Chapter 01

(00:33:21) Chapter 02

(01:05:44) Chapter 03

(01:39:44) Chapter 04

(02:06:18) Chapter 05

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

June 30, 2022

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134m

Macbeth by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

On a stormy Scottish heath, the battle-hardened nobleman Macbeth encounters three strange witches who plant a dazzling, dangerous prophecy in his mind: he is destined for greatness. Spurred by ambition and the fierce resolve of his wife, Lady Macbeth, he begins to imagine a faster path to the crown than honor can allow. As Macbeth rises in power, he finds that authority gained through blood demands more blood to keep it. Friends become suspects, loyalty turns brittle, and the natural order itself seems to warp under the weight of treachery. Haunted by fear, guilt, and ominous visions, Macbeth spirals into a ruthless struggle to control both his kingdom and his own unraveling conscience, while those around him weigh duty against survival. Shakespeare's taut tragedy explores how temptation, manipulation, and unchecked desire can corrode the soul, transforming a celebrated warrior into a man trapped by the consequences of his choices.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:03:06) Chapter 1

(00:31:41) Chapter 2

(00:52:54) Chapter 3

(01:20:30) Chapter 4

(01:48:48) Chapter 5

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