The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

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09/10/22

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The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville audiobook.

Genre: adventure

A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, 'The Piazza,' all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly between 1853 and 1855. The collection includes what has long been regarded as three of Melville's most important achievements in the genre of short fiction, 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', 'Benito Cereno', and 'The Encantadas', his sketches of the Galápagos Islands. (Billy Budd, arguably his greatest piece of short fiction, would remain unpublished in his lifetime.) One should note that the era's prevalent racism occasionally surfaces, as in describing blacks as 'indisputable inferiors', to be found in 'Benito Cereno'.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:41:25) Chapter 02

(01:39:16) Chapter 03

(02:24:18) Chapter 04

(03:26:06) Chapter 05

(04:31:31) Chapter 06

(05:24:44) Chapter 07

(06:08:50) Chapter 08

(06:28:07) Chapter 09

(06:42:44) Chapter 10

(06:53:30) Chapter 11

(07:07:01) Chapter 12

(07:25:16) Chapter 13

(07:29:36) Chapter 14

(07:37:51) Chapter 15

(07:51:27) Chapter 16

(08:28:31) Chapter 17

(08:53:44) Chapter 18

(09:04:08) Chapter 19

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Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

September 10, 2022

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Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in the cramped offices of Wall Street, Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener follows a cautious, self-satisfied lawyer who prides himself on running an orderly business with minimal disturbance. To keep up with an increasing workload, he hires a new copyist, Bartleby, a pale, quiet man whose diligence at the desk initially seems like a blessing. But when asked to perform even the smallest task beyond copying, Bartleby answers with a baffling refrain: 'I would prefer not to.' As his refusals spread from one request to the next, the lawyer finds his authority, patience, and sense of moral responsibility tested in ways he never anticipated. Caught between sympathy and self-preservation, he struggles to understand Bartleby's motives, the limits of charity, and what society owes to those who will not-or cannot-fit its expectations. With dark humor and mounting unease, the story turns a simple workplace dispute into a haunting meditation on isolation, conformity, and the quiet forms of resistance that can unravel a life and a city built on routine.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:35:27) Chapter 02

(01:09:12) Chapter 03

(01:34:41) Chapter 04

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The Call of the Wild by Jack London ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

September 10, 2022

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210m

The Call of the Wild by Jack London audiobook.

Genre: adventure

When Buck, a powerful and pampered dog living an easy life in California, is stolen and sold into the brutal world of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, everything he knows is stripped away. Thrown onto the frozen trails as a sled dog, Buck must quickly learn the law of club and fang - a ruthless code ruled by violence, hierarchy, and survival. Passed from one owner to the next, he encounters cruelty and kindness in equal measure, from hard men driven by gold to exhausted dreamers unprepared for the North. As Buck grows tougher, stronger, and more cunning, he begins to feel an older pull rising inside him: an instinctive connection to the wild that challenges the leash of domestication. Haunted by the wilderness beyond the firelight and driven by the need to endure, Buck's journey becomes a test of loyalty, identity, and what it means to answer a deeper nature. Jack London's classic adventure delivers vivid landscapes, relentless danger, and a primal transformation that asks whether civilization can ever fully silence the call of the wild.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:03) Chapter 02

(00:45:17) Chapter 03

(01:18:27) Chapter 04

(01:38:56) Chapter 05

(02:14:02) Chapter 06

(02:44:39) Chapter 07

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