Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson ~ Full Audiobook [horror]

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06/26/23

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104m

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Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook.

Genre: horror

In the rugged hills of northern Spain during the Peninsular War, a wounded British officer is sent to recuperate in a remote country house far from his regiment. What begins as a welcome refuge - quiet rooms, thick stone walls, and a physician's watchful care - soon turns unsettling as the household's secrets press in from every shadowed corridor. The officer encounters the family's stern caretaker and a noblewoman whose beauty and sorrow seem inseparable: Olalla. Drawn to her intelligence and strange reserve, he tries to understand the forces that keep her apart from ordinary life, even as the behavior of her relatives grows increasingly alarming. As his strength returns, so do his doubts, and he finds himself caught between compassion and self-preservation, between romantic yearning and a dawning fear that something in this lineage is profoundly wrong. Stevenson blends Gothic atmosphere with psychological tension, exploring themes of heredity, temptation, and the thin line between civilization and savagery. The result is a tightly wound tale of desire and dread, where one man's convalescence becomes a perilous awakening.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:23:27) Chapter 2

(00:50:21) Chapter 3

(01:13:25) Chapter 4

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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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(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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Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

June 26, 2023

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139m

Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney audiobook.

Genre: poetry

In Astrophil and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney crafts a sparkling sequence of interlinked sonnets and songs that trace the inner life of Astrophil, a witty, self-aware courtier-poet whose name means 'star-lover.' From the opening lines, Astrophil sets himself a task: to turn feeling into verse so powerful it might move his beloved, Stella, to pity and perhaps to love. But poetry proves as troublesome as desire. As Astrophil praises Stella's beauty and virtue, he also wrestles with jealousy, frustration, pride, and the nagging fear that his own artistry is not enough. Each poem becomes a new attempt to argue his case, to interpret Stella's glances and silences, and to make sense of the moral tensions between sincere devotion and selfish want. Along the way, Sidney plays with the conventions of Renaissance love poetry - borrowing from and challenging them - while giving Astrophil a voice that shifts from playful to anguished, from confident rhetorical display to raw confession. The result is an intimate portrait of love as both inspiration and ordeal, where language is a battleground and the heart refuses easy resolution.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:27:50) Chapter 2

(00:56:03) Chapter 3

(01:25:16) Chapter 4

(01:52:11) Chapter 5

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