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The Black Candle by Emily Murphy ~ Full Audiobook [history]
Classic Audiobook Collection
07/10/23
•825m
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The Black Candle by Emily Murphy audiobook.
Genre: history
First published in 1922, The Black Candle is Emily F. Murphy's hard-hitting and highly influential exposé on narcotics in early 20th-century Canada. Writing from the vantage point of a public magistrate (and drawing on earlier journalism under her pen name, Janey Canuck), Murphy assembles courtroom anecdotes, police accounts, medical claims, and sensational reportage to argue that opium, cocaine, morphine and heroin, and the then-new specter of marijuana are not private vices but a national emergency. Moving from city streets and alleged opium dens to the machinery of trafficking and corruption, she portrays addiction as a force that can hollow out families, exploit the vulnerable, and undermine social order. The book's central conflict is not a single mystery to be solved, but a campaign: Murphy presses for stronger enforcement, harsher penalties, and broader public vigilance against dealers and users alike. At the same time, the narrative reveals the era's moral panic and the racialized assumptions that shaped public debate, making the work both a period artifact and a document with lasting consequences for drug policy and social attitudes.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:06:08) Chapter 01
(00:24:09) Chapter 02
(00:41:00) Chapter 03
(00:57:06) Chapter 04
(01:14:39) Chapter 05
(01:29:18) Chapter 06
(01:43:27) Chapter 07
(01:56:59) Chapter 08
(02:28:00) Chapter 09
(02:50:01) Chapter 10
(03:08:52) Chapter 11
(03:30:58) Chapter 12
(03:49:18) Chapter 13
(04:16:55) Chapter 14
(04:38:50) Chapter 15
(04:55:22) Chapter 16
(05:17:06) Chapter 17
(05:43:37) Chapter 18
(06:09:06) Chapter 19
(06:30:38) Chapter 20
(06:47:59) Chapter 21
(07:12:13) Chapter 22
(07:40:41) Chapter 23
(07:55:27) Chapter 24
(08:17:32) Chapter 25
(08:39:35) Chapter 26
(09:00:18) Chapter 27
(09:25:53) Chapter 28
(09:38:51) Chapter 29
(09:59:20) Chapter 30
(10:22:31) Chapter 31
(10:44:04) Chapter 32
(11:10:32) Chapter 33
(11:26:03) Chapter 34
(11:44:34) Chapter 35
(12:03:09) Chapter 36
(12:14:56) Chapter 37
(12:37:28) Chapter 38
(12:53:55) Chapter 39
(13:13:43) Chapter 40
(13:27:51) Chapter 41
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File No. 113 by Emile Gaboriau ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]
July 10, 2023
•953m
File No. 113 by Emile Gaboriau audiobook.
Genre: mystery
As the story opens the impregnable safe of the Fauvel bank is robbed of 350,000 francs. As the only keyholders are Andre Fauvel the owner and his trusted head cashier it stands to reason that one of the two must be guilty. Both adamantly refute the charge. Enter the celebrated detective, and master of disguise, Monsieur Le coq who is determined to prove the accused Prosper Bertomy innocent and why he was framed. Believing the crimes linked he enlists the aid of 'The Squirrel'', an aspiring detective, in order to unravel the ingenuous plot of two despicable scoundrels, the Marquis de Clameran and Raoul Lagors, who have coerced the banker's wife and his niece Madeleine into giving up their money and precious jewels. With his methodical and superior investigative skills Le Coq uncovers the past betrayals, deceit, lies and family secrets that led to this vile plot which has affected so many lives.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:27:10) Chapter 02
(01:00:23) Chapter 03
(01:31:50) Chapter 04
(02:03:45) Chapter 05
(02:38:00) Chapter 06
(03:02:24) Chapter 07
(03:26:40) Chapter 08
(03:57:47) Chapter 09
(04:24:54) Chapter 10
(04:44:17) Chapter 11
(05:10:14) Chapter 12
(05:36:25) Chapter 13
(05:59:29) Chapter 14
(06:21:41) Chapter 15
(06:46:58) Chapter 16
(07:07:04) Chapter 17
(07:36:47) Chapter 18
(08:06:28) Chapter 19
(08:45:34) Chapter 20
(09:16:32) Chapter 21
(09:44:24) Chapter 22
(10:07:18) Chapter 23
(10:28:12) Chapter 24
(10:53:58) Chapter 25
(11:24:45) Chapter 26
(11:52:00) Chapter 27
(12:26:54) Chapter 28
(12:55:52) Chapter 29
(13:21:21) Chapter 30
(13:50:36) Chapter 31
(14:15:07) Chapter 32
(14:39:43) Chapter 33
(14:58:38) Chapter 34
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A Superfluous Woman by Emma Francis Brooke ~ Full Audiobook [drama]
July 10, 2023
•680m
A Superfluous Woman by Emma Francis Brooke audiobook.
Genre: drama
Published anonymously in 1894 at the height of the New Woman debate, A Superfluous Woman follows Jessamine Halliday, a beautiful young aristocrat who seems to be wasting away in the velvet air of London society. Her family, fearing a breakdown, summons the unconventional Dr. Cornerstone, who offers a startling diagnosis: Jessamine is not truly ill - she is starving for purpose. Pushed to examine how wealth, idleness, and the marriage market have shaped her, Jessamine attempts a daring cure. She leaves the drawing rooms behind and escapes to the Scottish Highlands, determined to live plainly, work with her hands, and discover who she might become without servants, gossip, or an arranged future closing in. In the rugged landscape she encounters Colin Macgillvray, a crofter whose integrity and independence challenge everything she has been taught to value, and whose presence awakens both longing and defiance. But shedding a lifetime of privilege is not the same as escaping its power. As old expectations pursue her into new terrain, Jessamine must decide what freedom costs - and whether love, labor, and self-respect can survive the pressures of class, scandal, and a double standard that punishes women for the choices men are allowed to make.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:18:26) Chapter 02
(00:46:43) Chapter 03
(01:15:01) Chapter 04
(01:27:46) Chapter 05
(01:40:24) Chapter 06
(01:58:09) Chapter 07
(02:10:15) Chapter 08
(02:28:53) Chapter 09
(02:46:09) Chapter 10
(03:04:04) Chapter 11
(03:21:35) Chapter 12
(03:43:00) Chapter 13
(03:50:34) Chapter 14
(04:12:13) Chapter 15
(04:20:17) Chapter 16
(04:48:09) Chapter 17
(05:13:28) Chapter 18
(05:32:35) Chapter 19
(05:57:57) Chapter 20
(06:20:21) Chapter 21
(06:37:45) Chapter 22
(06:59:43) Chapter 23
(07:31:58) Chapter 24
(08:03:57) Chapter 25
(08:24:38) Chapter 26
(09:05:03) Chapter 27
(09:26:08) Chapter 28
(09:50:47) Chapter 29
(10:11:52) Chapter 30
(10:34:28) Chapter 31
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