Life in the Iron Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

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06/26/23

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95m

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Life in the Iron Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis audiobook.

Genre: drama

In a smoky industrial town where the furnaces never seem to cool, Life in the Iron Mills follows Hugh Wolfe, a weary mill hand whose days are measured in heat, soot, and exhaustion. Gifted with a sculptor's eye but trapped by poverty, Hugh works alongside his cousin Deborah, a quiet, fiercely devoted woman who endures long hours and constant hardship simply to stay near him. When a group of wealthy visitors tours the mill, their casual curiosity collides with the workers' relentless reality, and Hugh is briefly pulled into a world that can admire his talent without offering him a way out. As the gulf between classes becomes impossible to ignore, Hugh and Deborah face a tightening web of hunger, ambition, shame, and desperation. Told through a sharp, compassionate narrator who asks the listener to look closely at lives society prefers to overlook, this landmark realist novella confronts the human cost of industrial progress and the question of what becomes of genius when it is born in chains.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:26:21) Chapter 2

(00:56:00) Chapter 3

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The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

June 24, 2023

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397m

The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum audiobook.

Genre: folklore

Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawn of history. Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom; of Thor, whose mighty hammer defends Asgard; of Loki, whose mischievous cunning leads him to treachery against the gods; of giants, dragons, dwarfs and Valkyries; and of the terrible last battle that destroyed their world.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:33) Chapter 02

(00:35:33) Chapter 03

(00:45:58) Chapter 04

(01:01:41) Chapter 05

(01:12:16) Chapter 06

(01:27:07) Chapter 07

(01:46:45) Chapter 08

(01:54:47) Chapter 09

(02:05:59) Chapter 10

(02:22:37) Chapter 11

(02:43:13) Chapter 12

(02:55:46) Chapter 13

(03:13:04) Chapter 14

(03:33:20) Chapter 15

(03:50:33) Chapter 16

(04:04:35) Chapter 17

(04:13:33) Chapter 18

(04:32:47) Chapter 19

(04:38:59) Chapter 20

(04:52:16) Chapter 21

(05:02:34) Chapter 22

(05:15:27) Chapter 23

(05:30:32) Chapter 24

(05:46:27) Chapter 25

(05:59:23) Chapter 26

(06:13:15) Chapter 27

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The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

June 26, 2023

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172m

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West audiobook.

Genre: drama

In the shadow of World War I, life at Baldry Court seems settled: Captain Chris Baldry is away at the front, his elegant wife Kitty maintains the routines of privilege, and Chris' cousin Jenny narrates from the quiet center of the household. Then Chris returns home - not as the man they remember, but as a soldier shaken by shell shock and missing years of his life. His memory has slipped back to an earlier time, erasing his marriage and the careful identity the family has built around him. The shock of his condition cracks open long-buried tensions: Kitty's polished control gives way to desperation, Jenny confronts her own unspoken devotion to Chris, and an unexpected figure from Chris' past arrives with a claim that cannot be ignored. As doctors, loved ones, and social expectations press for a cure, the women of Baldry Court must decide what 'recovery' really means - and what it may cost. Rebecca West's poignant, psychologically sharp novel explores the collisions between love and duty, class and authenticity, and the wounds war inflicts far beyond the battlefield.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:57) Chapter 02

(00:57:47) Chapter 03

(01:12:45) Chapter 04

(01:46:46) Chapter 05

(02:11:50) Chapter 06

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