The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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07/24/22

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The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde audiobook.

Genre: comedy

When the practical American Otis family buys England's ancient Canterville Chase, they are warned that the house comes with a resident spirit: Sir Simon de Canterville, a centuries-old ghost with a reputation for terror. The Otises, however, are not the sort to be frightened by clanking chains and midnight apparitions. Hiram B. Otis approaches every haunting with common sense and store-bought solutions, while his wife and children treat the supernatural like a puzzling household inconvenience. As Sir Simon escalates his efforts to reclaim his fearsome legacy, the clash between Old World tradition and brisk New World skepticism turns into a sharp, playful battle of wills that exposes the absurdities on both sides. Amid the comedy, a quieter story emerges around Virginia Otis, whose empathy allows her to see beyond the ghost's theatrics to the loneliness and regret beneath them. Blending witty satire with Gothic atmosphere, The Canterville Ghost explores pride, cultural misunderstanding, and the possibility of compassion where no one expects it.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:36:52) Chapter 2

(01:02:00) Chapter 3

(01:23:21) Chapter 01

(01:34:26) Chapter 02

(01:43:12) Chapter 03

(02:00:09) Chapter 04

(02:11:59) Chapter 05

(02:23:41) Chapter 06

(02:33:36) Chapter 07

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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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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ~ Full Audiobook [horror]

July 24, 2022

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575m

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde audiobook.

Genre: horror

In glittering fin-de-siecle London, young Dorian Gray sits for a portrait by the devoted artist Basil Hallward. When Basil introduces him to the witty, world-weary Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian is dazzled by Lord Henry's seductive philosophy: that youth and beauty are life's highest prizes, and that restraint is merely a social mask. As Dorian steps into fashionable society, he discovers how easily admiration can become a kind of power - and how quickly pleasure can harden into appetite. After making a fateful wish tied to the newly finished painting, Dorian begins a double life, outwardly unmarked by time while whispers gather around his name. Friendships strain, love turns dangerous, and the portrait becomes a private ledger of choices he cannot undo. With razor-sharp dialogue and an atmosphere of perfumed decadence, Oscar Wilde's classic novel probes vanity, morality, and the cost of living only for sensation. Dorian must decide whether he can master the influence that remade him, or whether the secrets locked away with the painting will ultimately claim everything he values.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:06:41) Chapter 01

(00:37:21) Chapter 02

(01:14:25) Chapter 03

(01:45:19) Chapter 04

(02:23:52) Chapter 05

(02:55:06) Chapter 06

(03:12:59) Chapter 07

(03:46:23) Chapter 08

(04:23:48) Chapter 09