The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

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10/02/23

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514m

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The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In this semi-autobiographical travel comedy of manners, Elizabeth von Arnim sends her quick-witted alter ego, Elizabeth, off to the Baltic island of Rugen in the summer of 1901 with an unlikely expedition: a maid, a driver, a carriage stacked with luggage, and a woman friend who seems determined to knit through every surprise the road can offer. Elizabeth dreams of exploring the island on foot for the pure freedom of it, but plans rarely survive first contact with weather, timetables, and other people's ideas of what a lady ought to do. As the carriage rolls from seaside views to village encounters, Elizabeth sketches the landscape with rapturous attention and turns her sharp, self-deprecating humor on the petty tyrannies of comfort and convention. Along the way she collects a gallery of memorable figures: a snobbish bishop's wife, her personable son, a dressmaker, and an unexpected cousin, Charlotte, whose complicated domestic situation threatens to turn a quiet holiday into a social tangle. Part travelogue, part character study, this is a charming, observant journey that finds adventure in the smallest detours.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:36:31) Chapter 02

(01:18:21) Chapter 03

(02:10:18) Chapter 04

(02:37:12) Chapter 05

(02:57:14) Chapter 06

(03:24:57) Chapter 07

(03:44:04) Chapter 08

(04:23:19) Chapter 09

(04:54:55) Chapter 10

(05:23:45) Chapter 11

(05:53:13) Chapter 12

(06:12:19) Chapter 13

(07:01:59) Chapter 14

(07:46:59) Chapter 15

(08:13:46) Chapter 16

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The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 by Elizabeth F. Ellet ~ Full Audiobook [history]

September 30, 2023

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487m

The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 by Elizabeth F. Ellet audiobook.

Genre: history

In The Women of the American Revolution, Volume 1, historian Elizabeth F. Ellet turns the spotlight from battlefields and legislatures to the households, roads, camps, and occupied towns where the struggle for independence was also fought. Drawing on letters, reminiscences, and early records, Ellet presents vivid biographical portraits of women whose courage and resourcefulness shaped the Revolution in ways official histories often overlook. Some are prominent figures moving within the circles of commanders and statesmen; others are ordinary wives, mothers, and daughters thrust into extraordinary circumstances by war. Across these narratives, the central conflict is not only the colonies' fight against British power, but each woman's fight to protect family and community amid scarcity, displacement, and political suspicion. Ellet traces how loyalty and conviction were tested in daily life: managing farms and businesses in a husband's absence, aiding soldiers, carrying intelligence, confronting occupation, and enduring imprisonment or exile. Volume 1 offers a gripping, human-scale view of the Revolution, exploring themes of patriotism, sacrifice, resilience, and the often-uncredited labor that sustained a nation in formation.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:22:45) Chapter 01

(00:39:47) Chapter 02

(01:14:01) Chapter 03

(01:37:00) Chapter 04

(02:27:34) Chapter 05

(03:18:48) Chapter 06

(03:57:46) Chapter 07

(04:23:19) Chapter 08

(04:49:14) Chapter 09

(05:09:32) Chapter 10

(05:31:16) Chapter 11

(06:08:11) Chapter 12

(06:38:31) Chapter 13

(07:08:13) Chapter 14

(07:50:37) Chapter 15

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My Flirtations by Ella Hepworth Dixon ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

October 2, 2023

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179m

My Flirtations by Ella Hepworth Dixon audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Many novels, most notably Hannah Webster's The Coquette, focused on how terrible it is for a woman to flirt before her marriage. 'I did not speak 20 sentences before sir Robert proposed to me', explained Lady Bidulph while teaching her daughter how to court properly in 'Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph'. A coquette must be a fool, wicked, and immoral. But Peggy is none of these. She sees things as they are, sometimes too much for her own good, and flirts with men she finds interesting. She decides to tell about them, from her point of view. The feelings, the reasons they did not keep in touch, and her 'notions' about them. This is her way to examine late Victorian society including the lives of other oppressed minorities. This novel is considered semi autobiographical

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:15) Chapter 02

(00:25:03) Chapter 03

(00:35:54) Chapter 04

(00:48:15) Chapter 05

(01:02:23) Chapter 06

(01:15:45) Chapter 07

(01:28:52) Chapter 08

(01:42:51) Chapter 09

(01:56:54) Chapter 10