The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

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12/28/22

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82m

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The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: romance

Set in the glittering early 20th century, The Offshore Pirate follows Ardita Farnam, a sharp-tongued, wealthy young woman who is tired of being treated like an ornament and determined to steer her own life. Escaping watchful chaperones aboard her uncle's yacht, Ardita insists on adventure - and finds it in the most unexpected way when a sleek motorboat cuts across the waves and a self-styled pirate stages a daring takeover. The intruder, Toby Moreland, is charming, clever, and infuriatingly confident, and he claims to be an outlaw with a crew and a code of his own. As the yacht is forced to play along, Ardita is drawn into a fast-moving game of bluff, negotiation, and flirtation, where the line between performance and sincerity keeps shifting. Fitzgerald mixes sparkling dialogue with sunlit suspense, using the high seas as a stage for questions of freedom, identity, and what it means to choose your own story. Light on its feet and rich in wit, this tale turns a fantasy of danger into a test of courage and desire.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:18) Chapter 02

(00:20:55) Chapter 03

(00:34:54) Chapter 04

(00:47:57) Chapter 05

(00:56:41) Chapter 06

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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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Hagar of the Pawn-Shop by Fergus Hume ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

December 28, 2022

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515m

Hagar of the Pawn-Shop by Fergus Hume audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly London pawnbroker. He dies after teaching Hagar the business, and she takes over running the popshop till the legitimate heir can be traced. In the odd assortment of objects that pass across her counter, Hagar uncovers one mystery after another. Some items are linked to actual crimes, others to iniquitous acts of human deceit and betrayal. Whether investigating independently or alongside the police, Hagar combines her native shrewdness with woman's intuition to help untangle the webs of wickedness she encounters, that justice might prevail in the end. Though the individual mysteries in Hagar of the Pawn-shop may be read separately, they are so arranged by Fergus Hume as to form a linked set, with characters from earlier stories popping up again later on, one as Hagar's love interest and another as her nemesis.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:50:58) Chapter 2

(01:35:55) Chapter 3

(02:22:55) Chapter 4

(03:00:44) Chapter 5

(03:42:01) Chapter 6

(04:22:41) Chapter 7

(05:10:05) Chapter 8

(05:47:32) Chapter 9

(06:28:28) Chapter 10