The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 by Elizabeth F. Ellet ~ Full Audiobook [history]

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09/30/23

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The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 by Elizabeth F. Ellet audiobook.

Genre: history

In The Women of the American Revolution, Volume 1, historian Elizabeth F. Ellet turns the spotlight from battlefields and legislatures to the households, roads, camps, and occupied towns where the struggle for independence was also fought. Drawing on letters, reminiscences, and early records, Ellet presents vivid biographical portraits of women whose courage and resourcefulness shaped the Revolution in ways official histories often overlook. Some are prominent figures moving within the circles of commanders and statesmen; others are ordinary wives, mothers, and daughters thrust into extraordinary circumstances by war. Across these narratives, the central conflict is not only the colonies' fight against British power, but each woman's fight to protect family and community amid scarcity, displacement, and political suspicion. Ellet traces how loyalty and conviction were tested in daily life: managing farms and businesses in a husband's absence, aiding soldiers, carrying intelligence, confronting occupation, and enduring imprisonment or exile. Volume 1 offers a gripping, human-scale view of the Revolution, exploring themes of patriotism, sacrifice, resilience, and the often-uncredited labor that sustained a nation in formation.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:22:45) Chapter 01

(00:39:47) Chapter 02

(01:14:01) Chapter 03

(01:37:00) Chapter 04

(02:27:34) Chapter 05

(03:18:48) Chapter 06

(03:57:46) Chapter 07

(04:23:19) Chapter 08

(04:49:14) Chapter 09

(05:09:32) Chapter 10

(05:31:16) Chapter 11

(06:08:11) Chapter 12

(06:38:31) Chapter 13

(07:08:13) Chapter 14

(07:50:37) Chapter 15

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The Adventures of an Ugly Girl by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

September 29, 2023

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The Adventures of an Ugly Girl by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett audiobook.

Genre: romance

In late-Victorian England, Dora Courtenay has grown up in the shadow of her dazzling older sister, Belle, whose casual cruelty keeps Dora branded as the family 'ugly girl.' With only her brother Jerry offering steady kindness, Dora faces each day armored with sharp wit and a stubborn refusal to disappear. When their father brings home a new wife, the gentle and aristocratic Lady Elizabeth, Dora hopes for a fresh start - then promptly sabotages it by letting a thoughtless joke slip at exactly the wrong moment. As Dora tries to make peace in a changed household, old resentments and new expectations tighten around her, and society's verdict on a young woman's worth feels impossible to escape. Matters become far more complicated when Lady Elizabeth's powerful father, the Earl of Greatlands, takes an unsettling interest in Dora's future and makes a proposal that would transform her status overnight. Caught between class pressure, family politics, and her own desire to be valued for more than a face, Dora must decide what kind of life she will accept - and what kind of love, if any, she can trust.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:39:45) Chapter 02

(01:11:39) Chapter 03

(01:47:19) Chapter 04

(02:18:57) Chapter 05

(02:47:34) Chapter 06

(03:17:03) Chapter 07

(03:53:14) Chapter 08

(04:28:51) Chapter 09

(05:02:38) Chapter 10

(05:36:27) Chapter 11

(06:01:16) Chapter 12

(06:14:57) Chapter 13

(06:36:55) Chapter 14

(06:50:33) Chapter 15

(07:15:42) Chapter 16

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The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

October 2, 2023

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514m

The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In this semi-autobiographical travel comedy of manners, Elizabeth von Arnim sends her quick-witted alter ego, Elizabeth, off to the Baltic island of Rugen in the summer of 1901 with an unlikely expedition: a maid, a driver, a carriage stacked with luggage, and a woman friend who seems determined to knit through every surprise the road can offer. Elizabeth dreams of exploring the island on foot for the pure freedom of it, but plans rarely survive first contact with weather, timetables, and other people's ideas of what a lady ought to do. As the carriage rolls from seaside views to village encounters, Elizabeth sketches the landscape with rapturous attention and turns her sharp, self-deprecating humor on the petty tyrannies of comfort and convention. Along the way she collects a gallery of memorable figures: a snobbish bishop's wife, her personable son, a dressmaker, and an unexpected cousin, Charlotte, whose complicated domestic situation threatens to turn a quiet holiday into a social tangle. Part travelogue, part character study, this is a charming, observant journey that finds adventure in the smallest detours.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:36:31) Chapter 02

(01:18:21) Chapter 03

(02:10:18) Chapter 04

(02:37:12) Chapter 05

(02:57:14) Chapter 06

(03:24:57) Chapter 07

(03:44:04) Chapter 08

(04:23:19) Chapter 09

(04:54:55) Chapter 10