The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 by Edward Gibbon ~ Full Audiobook [history]

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08/04/22

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 by Edward Gibbon audiobook.

Genre: history

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time.The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell.Gibbon is sometimes called the first “modern historian of ancient Rome.” By virtue of its mostly objective approach and highly accurate use of reference material, Gibbon’s work was adopted as a model for the methodologies of 19th and 20th century historians.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:14:23) Chapter 2

(00:30:40) Chapter 3

(00:53:54) Chapter 4

(01:28:18) Chapter 5

(01:41:14) Chapter 6

(01:58:54) Chapter 7

(02:14:39) Chapter 8

(02:32:05) Chapter 9

(02:55:47) Chapter 10

(03:20:29) Chapter 11

(03:41:30) Chapter 12

(04:05:47) Chapter 13

(04:31:38) Chapter 14

(05:01:19) Chapter 15

(05:18:33) Chapter 16

(05:41:19) Chapter 17

(06:02:25) Chapter 18

(06:26:01) Chapter 19

(06:59:52) Chapter 20

(07:28:23) Chapter 21

(07:33:30) Chapter 22

(07:44:26) Chapter 23

(08:12:45) Chapter 24

(08:41:01) Chapter 25

(09:06:24) Chapter 26

(09:23:23) Chapter 27

(09:46:19) Chapter 28

(10:18:08) Chapter 29

(10:54:01) Chapter 30

(11:20:40) Chapter 31

(11:41:24) Chapter 32

(12:08:54) Chapter 33

(12:41:46) Chapter 34

(13:19:22) Chapter 35

(13:44:41) Chapter 36

(14:09:47) Chapter 37

(14:38:04) Chapter 38

(14:58:18) Chapter 39

(15:31:35) Chapter 40

(15:56:27) Chapter 41

(16:22:38) Chapter 42

(16:54:59) Chapter 43

(17:18:10) Chapter 44

(17:31:54) Chapter 45

(17:48:42) Chapter 46

(18:06:17) Chapter 47

(18:27:42) Chapter 48

(18:45:03) Chapter 49

(19:03:04) Chapter 50

(19:26:16) Chapter 51

(19:40:53) Chapter 52

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

August 4, 2022

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1130m

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte audiobook.

Genre: romance

Orphaned and overlooked from childhood, Jane Eyre grows up determined to claim a life shaped by her own conscience rather than anyone else's cruelty or pity. After enduring the rigid discipline of a charity school, she seeks independence as a governess at Thornfield Hall, an imposing estate marked by long corridors, whispered rumors, and a sense that something is always just out of sight. There Jane meets Edward Rochester, the estate's brooding master, whose sharp intelligence and stormy moods both unsettle and draw her in. As Jane and Rochester test one another with fierce honesty, their bond deepens into something that challenges class, gender, and the limits society places on a woman with no fortune or family name. But Thornfield is not a peaceful refuge: strange disturbances rattle the household, secrets linger behind locked doors, and Jane must decide what she owes to love, to morality, and to herself. Both a gothic-tinged romance and a fiercely personal coming-of-age story, Jane Eyre follows one woman's hard-won journey toward dignity, belonging, and self-respect.

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(00:13:20) Chapter 02

(00:30:42) Chapter 03

(00:51:50) Chapter 04

(01:27:12) Chapter 05

(01:57:55) Chapter 06

(02:15:34) Chapter 07

(02:38:21) Chapter 08

(02:57:35) Chapter 09

(03:18:52) Chapter 10

(03:45:41) Chapter 11

(04:23:44) Chapter 12

(04:49:22) Chapter 13

(05:13:47) Chapter 14

(05:45:47) Chapter 15

(06:17:25) Chapter 16

(06:40:36) Chapter 17

(07:29:12) Chapter 18

(08:03:20) Chapter 19

(08:26:16) Chapter 20

(09:00:06) Chapter 21

(09:49:28) Chapter 22

(10:05:13) Chapter 23

(10:29:21) Chapter 24

(11:10:24) Chapter 25

(11:38:54) Chapter 26

(12:04:39) Chapter 27

(13:06:36) Chapter 28

(13:49:46) Chapter 29

(14:17:19) Chapter 30

(14:40:36) Chapter 31

(15:00:12) Chapter 32

(15:27:42) Chapter 33

(15:56:26) Chapter 34

(16:50:15) Chapter 35

(17:16:49) Chapter 36

(17:39:07) Chapter 37

(18:25:26) Chapter 38

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Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

August 4, 2022

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303m

Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott audiobook.

Genre: biography

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:18) Chapter 02

(00:44:43) Chapter 03

(01:07:41) Chapter 04

(01:27:26) Chapter 05

(01:48:47) Chapter 06

(02:12:26) Chapter 07

(02:33:59) Chapter 08

(03:01:26) Chapter 09

(03:29:34) Chapter 10