The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]

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12/28/22

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

In a quietly uncanny Baltimore, a child is born under extraordinary circumstances: Benjamin Button arrives with the appearance and manner of an old man, setting his family on a collision course with confusion, embarrassment, and reluctant wonder. As the years pass, Benjamin moves through school, work, love, and social life in the most unexpected direction, forcing everyone around him - and especially Benjamin himself - to confront what it means to belong in a world governed by ordinary time. His father, Roger Button, struggles to protect the family name while navigating a son who upends every expectation. Benjamin's own desires are simple enough: to be taken seriously, to find companionship, and to claim a place where his body and his age make sense together. But society is not built for someone whose life runs against the clock. With Fitzgerald's sharp wit and bittersweet insight, the story uses its fantastical premise to explore identity, ambition, romance, and the fragile rules by which people measure a life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:40:41) Chapter 02

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

December 28, 2022

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790m

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in the glittering, uneasy years just before and after World War I, The Beautiful and Damned follows Anthony Patch, a charming Harvard graduate who believes his real life will begin once he inherits his wealthy grandfather's fortune. In New York City he meets Gloria Gilbert, a magnetic young woman whose beauty and appetite for pleasure match his own. They marry and plunge into a social world of parties, cocktails, and fashionable friends, convinced that talent and good looks will carry them through. But as the inheritance remains out of reach, their days of effortless indulgence collide with the realities of work, money, and responsibility. Anthony's drifting ambition turns combative, Gloria's dreams of admiration meet the limits of time and circumstance, and the couple's love becomes entangled with jealousy, pride, and dependence. With sharp wit and a clear-eyed view of American privilege, Fitzgerald traces how desire, idleness, and expectation can erode character - and how two people can both adore and damage each other while chasing a life that never quite arrives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:47:10) Chapter 2

(01:21:19) Chapter 3

(01:58:41) Chapter 4

(02:49:59) Chapter 5

(03:35:13) Chapter 6

(04:12:11) Chapter 7

(04:45:16) Chapter 8

(05:20:05) Chapter 9

(06:08:39) Chapter 10

(06:41:50) Chapter 11

(07:25:59) Chapter 12

(08:06:51) Chapter 13

(08:53:20) Chapter 14

(09:38:41) Chapter 15

(10:18:11) Chapter 16

(11:01:18) Chapter 17

(11:43:38) Chapter 18

(12:14:26) Chapter 19

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The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

December 28, 2022

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66m

The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

In The Ice Palace, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces Sally Carrol Happer, a spirited young woman from a small Southern town who feels both cherished and confined by the languid rhythms of Georgia life. When she becomes engaged to Harry Bellamy, a promising man from the North, Sally Carrol sees a chance to step into a larger world - and to test whether her restlessness is real or just a romantic daydream. Traveling to Harry's Midwestern hometown in the heart of winter, she encounters a landscape of snow, ice, and brisk social codes that seems to demand a different version of herself. As parties and polite introductions give way to quieter moments of doubt, Sally Carrol must weigh the security of commitment against the pull of home, climate, and culture. Fitzgerald crafts a tense, intimate portrait of a woman caught between regions and expectations, where love is complicated by identity, pride, and the fear of losing one's sense of belonging. The story's central conflict turns on what it truly means to grow up, to choose, and to live with the consequences of choosing.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:57) Chapter 02

(00:20:26) Chapter 03

(00:37:44) Chapter 04

(00:46:07) Chapter 05

(01:00:37) Chapter 06

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