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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]
Classic Audiobook Collection
06/10/23
•148m
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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare audiobook.
Genre: comedy
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock's daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio's friend Lorenzo. In its focus on love and marriage, the play shares certain concerns with Shakespeare's other comedies. Yet its depiction of the tensions between Jews and Christians in early modern Venice - and its highly dramatic trial scene in Act 4 - create darker currents in the play.
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(00:00:00) Chapter 0
(00:02:28) Chapter 1
(00:28:08) Chapter 2
(01:06:43) Chapter 3
(01:43:34) Chapter 4
(02:10:03) Chapter 5
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The Bab Ballads by William S. Gilbert ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]
June 10, 2023
•186m
The Bab Ballads by William S. Gilbert audiobook.
Genre: poetry
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique 'topsy-turvy' style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations 'Bab'
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(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:04:57) Chapter 02
(00:09:05) Chapter 03
(00:11:35) Chapter 04
(00:14:31) Chapter 05
(00:16:04) Chapter 06
(00:19:41) Chapter 07
(00:22:42) Chapter 08
(00:26:34) Chapter 09
(00:30:31) Chapter 10
(00:34:47) Chapter 11
(00:40:12) Chapter 12
(00:44:33) Chapter 13
(00:47:35) Chapter 14
(00:52:04) Chapter 15
(00:55:14) Chapter 16
(00:59:40) Chapter 17
(01:03:45) Chapter 18
(01:08:40) Chapter 19
(01:13:21) Chapter 20
(01:17:30) Chapter 21
(01:18:44) Chapter 22
(01:23:30) Chapter 23
(01:28:20) Chapter 24
(01:32:39) Chapter 25
(01:37:54) Chapter 26
(01:41:06) Chapter 27
(01:45:39) Chapter 28
(01:50:25) Chapter 29
(01:54:50) Chapter 30
(01:59:51) Chapter 31
(02:02:45) Chapter 32
(02:06:53) Chapter 33
(02:12:06) Chapter 34
(02:16:09) Chapter 35
(02:20:03) Chapter 36
(02:25:18) Chapter 37
(02:30:00) Chapter 38
(02:35:41) Chapter 39
(02:40:45) Chapter 40
(02:45:23) Chapter 41
(02:49:42) Chapter 42
(02:54:28) Chapter 43
(02:55:57) Chapter 44
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Life in a Thousand Worlds by William Shuler Harris audiobook.
Genre: scifi
In this early 20th century voyage of speculative imagination, Rev. W. S. Harris invites listeners to leave Earth behind and travel by a mysterious journey of the soul from world to world across the solar system and into the stars. Moving from the Moon's crowded cities and their uncanny way of surviving, to Mars and its brutal lessons in monopoly and oppression, to the giant vistas of Jupiter and the strange beauty of Saturn, the narrator studies each civilization as a living mirror of humanity's own strengths and failures. Every stop brings startling biology, daring inventions, and sharply drawn social systems: floating metropolises, worlds that have solved medicine, planets trapped under ruthless 'trusts,' and societies so transparent that even hidden thoughts can be brought to light. Part travelogue, part moral fable, and part political warning, Life in a Thousand Worlds uses wonder and satire to ask what makes a people free, healthy, and good - and what might await beyond our small world if we do not learn those lessons.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:06:46) Chapter 01
(00:15:13) Chapter 02
(00:39:26) Chapter 03
(00:57:47) Chapter 04
(01:22:50) Chapter 05
(01:37:48) Chapter 06
(01:48:52) Chapter 07
(02:03:04) Chapter 08
(02:19:24) Chapter 09
(02:33:18) Chapter 10
(02:47:47) Chapter 11
(03:03:36) Chapter 12
(03:17:00) Chapter 13
(03:29:08) Chapter 14
(03:39:26) Chapter 15
(03:59:20) Chapter 16
(04:13:22) Chapter 17
(04:31:46) Chapter 18
(04:39:57) Chapter 19
(04:53:26) Chapter 20
(05:05:03) Chapter 21
(05:27:16) Chapter 22
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