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Passing by Nella Larsen ~ Full Audiobook [drama]
Classic Audiobook Collection
06/22/23
•216m
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Passing by Nella Larsen audiobook.
Genre: drama
In 1920s New York, Irene Redfield has built a careful life: a respected place in Harlem society, a comfortable home, and a firm commitment to the world she has chosen. Everything shifts when a chance encounter brings back Clare Kendry, a dazzling childhood acquaintance who has been living on the other side of the color line. Clare's decision to pass as white has given her access to wealth and safety, but it has also trapped her in a marriage and a social world where the truth could be catastrophic. Drawn to Irene's community and hungry for connection, Clare pushes her way back into Irene's orbit, unsettling friendships, marriages, and Irene's sense of control. As the two women circle each other, Larsen builds a tense, intimate portrait of desire, envy, fear, and the costs of performance, showing how race, class, and gender shape what a person can risk and what they must hide. Passing is a sharp Harlem Renaissance classic that turns a single reunion into a haunting study of identity and the fragile boundaries that hold a life together.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:07:25) Chapter 02
(00:48:40) Chapter 03
(01:17:41) Chapter 04
(01:21:12) Chapter 05
(01:43:37) Chapter 06
(02:08:44) Chapter 07
(02:18:09) Chapter 08
(02:24:21) Chapter 09
(02:48:41) Chapter 10
(02:55:36) Chapter 11
(03:02:27) Chapter 12
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The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.
Genre: romance
This post-humous collection of stories, sketches and essays by celebrated quintessential New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us glimpses of the many different facets of Hawthorne's personality. The titular tale The Dolliver Romance was an unfinished manuscript that was edited and prepared for publication after Hawthorne's death and relates the story of an aged man with a small child in his care who swallows a magical tincture daily that rejuvenates his vitality, reversing the aging process. Also in a more fantastical vein are the stories 'The Ancient Ring', a legend told of a ring cursed, and 'Graves a Goblins', a wryly humorous and moving tale from the point of view of a ghost. In addition, found within are non-fiction essays such as 'Sketches from Memory' and 'My Trip to Niagara' where Hawthorne evokes a sense of place and time in a most remarkable and vivid fashion. We also see Hawthorne's somber, allegorical side in stories such as 'Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man' and 'The Old Woman's Tale', stories told with a nuanced touch. For fans of Hawthorne, this collection provides a last look at various works a master storyteller has given so generously.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:33:57) Chapter 02
(00:58:49) Chapter 03
(01:34:50) Chapter 04
(01:48:36) Chapter 05
(02:22:07) Chapter 06
(02:39:08) Chapter 07
(03:09:27) Chapter 08
(03:28:39) Chapter 09
(03:47:31) Chapter 10
(04:25:23) Chapter 11
(04:47:10) Chapter 12
(05:05:09) Chapter 13
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Quicksand by Nella Larsen ~ Full Audiobook [drama]
June 23, 2023
•314m
Quicksand by Nella Larsen audiobook.
Genre: drama
In 1920s America and Europe, Helga Crane moves through elegant parlors, classrooms, and crowded streets with a restless sense that she never quite belongs. The daughter of a Black father and a white mother, Helga is sharp-eyed, proud, and hungry for a life that feels truthful - yet every community she enters demands she trim herself to fit. When she leaves a restrictive Southern school, her search for independence carries her north to Harlem's glittering social world, then onward to spaces where race, class, faith, and desire tighten into new kinds of rules. Helga's intelligence and beauty open doors, but they also invite scrutiny, projection, and loneliness, forcing her to confront how quickly admiration can turn into control. As she reaches for love, security, and self-definition, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice - and what she cannot. Taut, psychologically incisive, and quietly devastating, Quicksand traces one woman's struggle against the shifting expectations placed on her body, her ambitions, and her identity, capturing the seductive promises and hidden costs of belonging.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:22:03) Chapter 02
(00:34:48) Chapter 03
(00:48:57) Chapter 04
(00:59:34) Chapter 05
(01:07:55) Chapter 06
(01:21:27) Chapter 07
(01:34:00) Chapter 08
(01:43:15) Chapter 09
(01:56:59) Chapter 10
(02:06:51) Chapter 11
(02:18:21) Chapter 12
(02:28:01) Chapter 13
(02:42:10) Chapter 14
(03:01:45) Chapter 15
(03:23:47) Chapter 16
(03:32:33) Chapter 17
(03:39:52) Chapter 18
(03:55:07) Chapter 19
(04:03:26) Chapter 20
(04:16:20) Chapter 21
(04:23:05) Chapter 22
(04:33:55) Chapter 23
(04:43:02) Chapter 24
(04:57:13) Chapter 25
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