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Classic Audiobook Collection - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [drama]
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

Classic Audiobook Collection

08/23/22

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.

Genre: drama

In a rigid 17th-century Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne is forced to stand before her community branded as an adulteress, marked by a scarlet letter sewn to her clothing. Refusing to name the child's father, she raises her spirited daughter Pearl on the edge of society, living under constant scrutiny and moral judgment. As Hester struggles to protect her child and carve out a life with dignity, the town's most revered young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale, begins to wither under a private burden that no sermon can ease. When Hester's long-lost husband returns in secret, taking the name Roger Chillingworth, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind Hester's shame, turning his sharp intelligence into a tool of quiet vengeance. Set amid stark forests, stern meetinghouses, and the watchful eyes of neighbors, The Scarlet Letter follows a web of sin, punishment, and mercy, asking who truly has the right to judge. Hawthorne's classic novel explores secrecy and confession, public law and private conscience, and the fierce cost - and surprising strength - of love and redemption.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:51:29) Chapter 2

(01:38:23) Chapter 01

(01:41:37) Chapter 02

(02:02:10) Chapter 03

(02:23:39) Chapter 04

(02:40:37) Chapter 05

(03:01:56) Chapter 06

(03:24:31) Chapter 07

(03:40:47) Chapter 08

(03:59:23) Chapter 09

(04:21:34) Chapter 10

(04:44:46) Chapter 11

(05:02:21) Chapter 12

(05:28:18) Chapter 13

(05:48:34) Chapter 14

(06:03:45) Chapter 15

(06:19:17) Chapter 16

(06:33:38) Chapter 17

(07:00:24) Chapter 18

(07:14:29) Chapter 19

(07:31:01) Chapter 20

(07:52:12) Chapter 21

(08:11:16) Chapter 22

(08:40:34) Chapter 23

(08:57:17) Chapter 24

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In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Nancy 'Nance' Olden has learned to survive by her wits. Raised in a brutal charity home the girls bitterly nickname the Cruelty, she runs away into a city that offers little mercy and plenty of temptation. On the streets she falls in with Tom Dorgan, a charming, dangerous crook who sees her quick mind as an asset, and together they play confidence games and thefts that keep the police close behind. During a frantic escape, Nance slips into the wrong carriage and collides with an unlikely protector: a dignified bishop whose intervention turns a near-capture into a baffling second chance. But escaping the law is not the same as escaping a past, and Nance soon finds herself pulled between two worlds - the electric thrill and loyalty of her old partnership with Tom, and the promise of a respectable life offered by new allies who recognize her talent for mimicry and performance. As Nance is drawn toward the stage and a different name for herself, the city tightens its net, old crimes resurface, and she must decide what she truly wants to steal: money, freedom, or a future.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:35:33) Chapter 02

(01:12:37) Chapter 03

(01:25:39) Chapter 04

(01:51:20) Chapter 05

(02:09:52) Chapter 06

(02:25:37) Chapter 07

(02:44:01) Chapter 08

(03:10:11) Chapter 09

(03:26:04) Chapter 10

(03:43:11) Chapter 11

(03:59:22) Chapter 12

(04:14:53) Chapter 13

(04:31:06) Chapter 14

(04:43:15) Chapter 15

(04:58:27) Chapter 16

(05:06:11) Chapter 17

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A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook.

Genre: comedy

When wealthy, amiable American George Finch arrives in England, he expects country houses, polite society, and perhaps a little leisure. Instead, he collides with Maud Marsh - spirited, proud, and very much not looking for rescue - and promptly convinces himself that fate has handed him the perfect role: gallant savior to a damsel in distress. Maud, however, is entangled in the quiet crises of a respectable but cash-strapped family: a domineering, status-minded relative who believes money solves everything, a household balancing on appearances, and a brother whose reckless choices threaten to pull them all into scandal. As George tries to help, his well-intentioned interventions ricochet through drawing rooms and country lanes, stirring up misunderstandings, unwanted engagements, wounded pride, and a parade of eccentrics with strong opinions on how love and duty ought to work. With P. G. Wodehouse's signature sparkle and precision, A Damsel in Distress turns romance into high comedy - a battle between sincerity and social maneuvering, where the hardest thing about playing the hero is figuring out what the heroine actually wants.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:25) Chapter 02

(00:49:31) Chapter 03

(01:06:01) Chapter 04

(01:20:49) Chapter 05

(01:33:42) Chapter 06

(01:59:50) Chapter 07

(02:19:54) Chapter 08

(02:32:59) Chapter 09

(02:50:25) Chapter 10

(03:01:30) Chapter 11

(03:17:12) Chapter 12

(03:25:41) Chapter 13

(03:42:11) Chapter 14

(03:58:44) Chapter 15

(04:28:08) Chapter 16

(04:48:52) Chapter 17

(05:00:03) Chapter 18

(05:11:13) Chapter 19

(05:26:32) Chapter 20

(05:40:41) Chapter 21

(06:08:22) Chapter 22

(06:23:36) Chapter 23

(06:42:51) Chapter 24

(06:55:58) Chapter 25

(07:03:13) Chapter 26

(07:22:45) Chapter 27

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