The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

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07/24/22

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232m

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The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb audiobook.

Genre: folklore

In The Adventures of Ulysses, Charles Lamb reshapes the ancient Greek epic of Odysseus into a swift, vivid tale of wandering, wit, and hard-won homecoming. After the fall of Troy, the warrior-king Ulysses sets sail for Ithaca, longing to return to his faithful wife, Penelope, and his young son, Telemachus. But the sea is ruled by unpredictable gods, and every league toward home seems to invite a new trial: storms that scatter his ships, enchanted islands that lull men into forgetting, and monstrous threats that test the limits of courage and leadership. As Ulysses struggles to keep his companions alive and his own purpose intact, the story becomes a contest between human endurance and the capricious power of fate. Lamb's retelling keeps the wonder and terror of myth while highlighting the moral weight of choices - pride and humility, temptation and restraint, loyalty and betrayal. It is an old-world adventure told with clarity and warmth, inviting listeners to follow a hero who survives not only by strength, but by mind and spirit.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:44) Chapter 01

(00:32:12) Chapter 02

(01:06:56) Chapter 03

(01:29:44) Chapter 04

(01:40:40) Chapter 05

(01:55:04) Chapter 06

(02:10:38) Chapter 07

(02:32:30) Chapter 08

(03:04:22) Chapter 09

(03:25:44) Chapter 10

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

July 23, 2022

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1037m

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens audiobook.

Genre: drama

Born into poverty and raised under the cold machinery of England's workhouse system, young orphan Oliver Twist begins life with little more than his name and a stubborn sense of decency. When a desperate plea for more food marks him as a troublemaker, Oliver is thrust from one harsh institution to another, until he escapes to London in search of something kinder. Instead, he stumbles into the orbit of a gang of child pickpockets led by the cunning, charismatic Fagin and watched over by the violent, unpredictable Bill Sikes. Caught between the city's criminal underworld and the possibility of honest refuge, Oliver becomes the center of a struggle he barely understands - a struggle involving hidden motives, dangerous loyalties, and the question of whether a boy's innocence can survive in a world built to exploit it. As Oliver's past begins to cast a long shadow over his present, the people around him must decide what they are willing to risk for compassion, survival, and justice. Dickens blends suspense, dark humor, and social outrage into a vivid portrait of childhood, crime, and conscience in Victorian London.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:07:40) Chapter 2

(00:31:36) Chapter 3

(00:54:48) Chapter 4

(01:14:17) Chapter 5

(01:41:00) Chapter 6

(01:53:40) Chapter 7

(02:10:01) Chapter 8

(02:30:24) Chapter 9

(02:45:19) Chapter 10

(02:57:47) Chapter 11

(03:16:20) Chapter 12

(03:42:06) Chapter 13

(03:58:40) Chapter 14

(04:20:15) Chapter 15

(04:33:42) Chapter 16

(04:53:19) Chapter 17

(05:13:37) Chapter 18

(05:31:26) Chapter 19

(05:53:08) Chapter 20

(06:11:06) Chapter 21

(06:22:48) Chapter 22

(06:37:25) Chapter 23

(06:52:30) Chapter 24

(07:04:20) Chapter 25

(07:16:55) Chapter 26

(07:41:18) Chapter 27

(07:58:01) Chapter 28

(08:17:48) Chapter 29

(08:26:17) Chapter 30

(08:42:09) Chapter 31

(09:08:31) Chapter 32

(09:29:59) Chapter 33

(09:51:46) Chapter 34

(10:13:15) Chapter 35

(10:32:09) Chapter 36

(10:38:42) Chapter 37

(11:04:32) Chapter 38

(11:29:09) Chapter 39

(12:05:23) Chapter 40

(12:22:42) Chapter 41

(12:44:40) Chapter 42

(13:10:41) Chapter 43

(13:35:56) Chapter 44

(13:52:08) Chapter 45

(14:00:40) Chapter 46

(14:22:46) Chapter 47

(14:43:21) Chapter 48

(15:10:22) Chapter 49

(15:36:58) Chapter 50

(16:01:21) Chapter 51

(16:28:29) Chapter 52

(16:52:17) Chapter 53

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Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

July 24, 2022

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141m

Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Victorian England, respectability is a performance, and Jack Worthing has perfected it - at least on paper. In the country, he is the reliable guardian of young Cecily Cardew; in the city, he escapes into a fabricated life under the name 'Ernest,' where pleasure comes without consequences. His friend Algernon Moncrieff, equally allergic to sincerity, discovers Jack's secret and decides to try on a false identity of his own. What begins as a game of charming deception quickly turns into a tangle of romantic declarations, rigid expectations, and escalating misunderstandings when Jack falls for the sharp-witted Gwendolen Fairfax, who insists she can only love a man named Ernest, and Algernon sets his sights on Cecily, who has been dreaming of her own Ernest for years. Presiding over it all is the formidable Lady Bracknell, whose talent for social interrogation can crush a courtship in a single sentence. Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy skewers class, manners, and marriage with unstoppable wit, as two men scramble to keep their invented stories from collapsing under the weight of love and society's demands.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:50:54) Chapter 2

(01:47:36) Chapter 3

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