Macbeth by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

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06/30/22

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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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King Lear by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

June 30, 2022

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208m

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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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

June 30, 2022

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136m

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey's head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful. The play opens with Theseus, Duke of Athens, preparing for his wedding. Egeus complains to Theseus that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius. When Hermia is given the choice between marriage to Demetrius or life as a nun, she and her true love Lysander flee into the forest. Demetrius follows them; and Helena, who loves Demetrius, follows him. Also in the forest are Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, at odds with one another. At Oberon's behest, Puck causes Demetrius to fall in love with Helena -- oops, he missed, that was Lysander instead. Mayhem ensues. In the meantime, a group of bumbling craftsmen rehearses a play. Puck gives one of them, Bottom, the head of an ass and makes Titania fall in love with him. Further hilarity results as Bottom sees nothing at all odd about this. Eventually everything is straightened out, Bottom and the rest 'perform' their play, there is a triple wedding, and Puck assures us the whole thing has been a dream.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:22:54) Chapter 2

(00:48:55) Chapter 3

(01:29:06) Chapter 4

(01:46:11) Chapter 5

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