The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page ~ Full Audiobook [history]

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09/28/22

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363m

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The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page audiobook.

Genre: history

Set in the stunned quiet after Appomattox, The Burial of the Guns follows an aging Confederate artillery commander, known simply as the old Colonel, and the remnants of his veteran battery as they hold a Virginia mountain pass they have defended for years. The war has finally turned, but the battery is still in position, hungry, ragged, and fiercely disciplined, bound not only to one another but to the six beloved cannon they have hauled through campaign after campaign and christened with nicknames like old comrades. When word arrives that Lee has surrendered, the Colonel faces a wrenching dilemma: how to obey his orders, protect his men, and preserve the dignity of a unit that prides itself on never having lost a gun. Around dwindling campfires, the survivors take stock of their dead, their scars, and the homeward road that suddenly feels unfamiliar. As night falls, the battery prepares a last, solemn act part military procedure, part ritual of grief and defiance, meant to mark what they were and what they can no longer be. Thomas Nelson Page blends battlefield memory with postwar uncertainty in a story about honor, loyalty, and the cost of letting go.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:31:14) Chapter 02

(00:58:09) Chapter 03

(01:29:51) Chapter 04

(02:00:13) Chapter 05

(02:43:43) Chapter 06

(03:16:23) Chapter 07

(03:53:30) Chapter 08

(04:26:33) Chapter 09

(04:57:26) Chapter 10

(05:27:06) Chapter 11

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Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

September 28, 2022

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211m

Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Deep in the fens of the British coast sits the gloomy mansion that goes by the name Nightmare Abbey. It is inhabited by persons of very low opinion of the human race, and in fact they pride themselves in the depths of their detestation. Others of its denizens believe the ultimate exercise and product of the human mind ought to be chaos.

Now let the young master of the house get snared by the wiles of a beautiful young lady. And for good measure, toss in another beautiful young lady. Now Scythrop (named in honor of an ancestor who became bored with life and hanged himself) is about to find that two such make too much of a good thing!

Peacock wrote Nightmare Abbey as a satire, and he has folded in allusions to or quotations from literally dozens of other works. He makes use of many long, impressive-sounding words (some of which he very possibly made up!). Ignore these and his occasional Latin phrase, treat the rest as a farce, and you're on track for a fun listen!

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:39) Chapter 02

(00:25:16) Chapter 03

(00:35:55) Chapter 04

(00:46:43) Chapter 05

(00:59:42) Chapter 06

(01:17:35) Chapter 07

(01:39:27) Chapter 08

(01:51:31) Chapter 09

(02:02:33) Chapter 10

(02:18:45) Chapter 11

(02:38:28) Chapter 12

(02:51:11) Chapter 13

(03:07:37) Chapter 14

(03:15:45) Chapter 15

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The Ordeal of Mark Twain by Van Wyck Brooks ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

September 30, 2022

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675m

The Ordeal of Mark Twain by Van Wyck Brooks audiobook.

Genre: biography

In The Ordeal of Mark Twain, literary critic Van Wyck Brooks reexamines the life and work of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, tracing how a riverboat pilot from the Mississippi became the most recognizable American voice of his age - and how that fame carried a private cost. Brooks follows Twain from the shaping forces of boyhood and the frontier to the whirlwind of lectures, publishing triumphs, and celebrity, reading the books alongside the man who wrote them. As Twain grows into a national icon, Brooks highlights the strain between the humor the public demanded and the darker moral intelligence that pressed to be heard: anger at hypocrisy, disillusionment with politics and profit, and a restless search for artistic honesty. Set against the pressures of the Gilded Age, the story brings forward the personal trials, financial risks, and complicated relationships that tested Twain's resilience and sharpened his satire. Both portrait and argument, this is a vivid, provocative account of an American writer wrestling with his country, his conscience, and the shadow behind the laughter.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(01:02:03) Chapter 02

(02:05:17) Chapter 03

(02:58:32) Chapter 04

(04:04:12) Chapter 05

(05:14:12) Chapter 06

(06:04:04) Chapter 07

(07:16:43) Chapter 08

(08:05:47) Chapter 09

(09:00:00) Chapter 10

(10:03:57) Chapter 11