The Island by George Gordon Byron ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

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06/15/23

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82m

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The Island by George Gordon Byron audiobook.

Genre: poetry

In The Island, Lord George Gordon Byron turns a famous act of rebellion at sea into a lush, urgent tale of exile, desire, and survival. Loosely inspired by the aftermath of the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, the poem follows Torquil, a young sailor cast adrift from the rigid world of the British navy and thrust into the blazing freedom and peril of the Pacific. On an island that seems at first like paradise, Torquil encounters Neuha, a woman whose intelligence and courage match the wild beauty of her home. Their growing bond offers refuge from the pursuit closing in around them, but it also forces Torquil to confront what he has escaped and what he is willing to risk for a life not governed by empire and command. Byron blends sweeping seascapes, romantic intensity, and sharp moral skepticism, asking whether innocence can exist under the shadow of power, and whether love can be a shelter when the wider world insists on possession and punishment. Vivid, sensual, and restless, The Island is both an adventure and a meditation on freedom's cost.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:13:47) Chapter 2

(00:43:34) Chapter 3

(00:56:32) Chapter 4

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The Odd Women by George Gissing ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

June 14, 2023

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860m

The Odd Women by George Gissing audiobook.

Genre: drama

In late-Victorian London, a demographic imbalance leaves many middle-class women with few prospects for marriage and even fewer for financial security. The Madden sisters - practical Alice, gentle Virginia, and the youngest, Monica - are among the 'odd women,' trying to survive on meager incomes while society measures their worth by husbands and homes. Across the city, two determined reformers, Mary Barfoot and her brilliant, uncompromising colleague Rhoda Nunn, run a training school that prepares women for office work and argues for independence over matrimony. When the idealistic world of female self-sufficiency collides with the allure and pressure of conventional romance, Monica finds herself pulled between necessity, desire, and the fear of a life narrowing into dependence. Meanwhile, Rhoda's convictions are tested by an unexpected emotional challenge and by the question of whether freedom must mean solitude. George Gissing crafts a sharp, compassionate portrait of ambition, loneliness, and social constraint, exploring what it costs to seek autonomy in a culture built to deny it - and what it costs to accept the bargain of respectability.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:38) Chapter 02

(00:48:44) Chapter 03

(01:01:41) Chapter 04

(01:36:18) Chapter 05

(02:05:55) Chapter 06

(02:38:12) Chapter 07

(03:13:38) Chapter 08

(03:44:51) Chapter 09

(04:07:42) Chapter 10

(04:29:56) Chapter 11

(04:50:57) Chapter 12

(05:19:53) Chapter 13

(05:50:54) Chapter 14

(06:19:22) Chapter 15

(06:51:16) Chapter 16

(07:21:52) Chapter 17

(07:56:01) Chapter 18

(08:17:40) Chapter 19

(08:36:29) Chapter 20

(08:53:25) Chapter 21

(09:20:27) Chapter 22

(09:55:27) Chapter 23

(10:15:26) Chapter 24

(10:38:21) Chapter 25

(11:15:35) Chapter 26

(11:44:17) Chapter 27

(12:18:39) Chapter 28

(12:49:35) Chapter 29

(13:22:14) Chapter 30

(13:45:32) Chapter 31

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Aunt Crete's Emancipation by Grace Livingston Hill ~ Full Audiobook [family]

June 15, 2023

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167m

Aunt Crete's Emancipation by Grace Livingston Hill audiobook.

Genre: family

In Aunt Crete's Emancipation, Grace Livingston Hill introduces Miss Lucretia 'Crete' Ward, a gentle, capable maiden aunt who has spent years making herself indispensable in her sister Carrie's household. Crete cooks, cleans, mends, and manages quietly in the background, while Carrie and her spoiled daughter, Luella, take her sacrifices for granted and treat her more like unpaid help than family. The fragile peace of their small-town respectability is jolted by the announcement that a relative from the West, Donald Grant, is coming to visit. Carrie and Luella dread the possibility of a so-called backwoods cousin embarrassing them in polite society, and they scramble to protect Luella's social ambitions. Crete, however, dares to hope that the visitor might be the first person in years to see her kindness and worth. When Donald arrives, old assumptions are tested, loyalties shift, and Crete is offered something she has almost forgotten to want: a life with room for joy, confidence, and self-respect. Part Cinderella tale, part moral domestic drama, this story explores gratitude, pride, and the quiet courage it takes to step out of a lifetime of being overlooked.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:17) Chapter 02

(00:33:48) Chapter 03

(01:01:14) Chapter 04

(01:24:31) Chapter 05

(01:44:53) Chapter 06

(02:10:29) Chapter 07

(02:27:46) Chapter 08

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