The Wood Beyond The World by William Morris ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]

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06/27/23

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The Wood Beyond The World by William Morris audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

The Wood beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. His use of archaic language has been seen by some modern readers as making his fiction difficult to read, but brings a wonderful atmosphere to the telling.

Morris considered his fantasies a revival of the medieval tradition of chivalrous romances. In consequence, they tend to have sprawling plots of strung-together adventures. In this story, Walter leaves his father and his own unfaithful wife and sets sail in search of adventure. This he finds aplenty, encountering love, treachery and magic in the Wood of the title and in travelling through the Mountains of the Folk of the Bears. But can he find happiness and peace by means of his Quest?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:57) Chapter 02

(00:48:33) Chapter 03

(01:06:29) Chapter 04

(01:45:41) Chapter 05

(02:15:23) Chapter 06

(02:40:24) Chapter 07

(03:08:45) Chapter 08

(03:49:54) Chapter 09

(04:16:14) Chapter 10

(04:45:25) Chapter 11

(05:01:23) Chapter 12

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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

June 27, 2023

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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf audiobook.

Genre: drama

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse invites listeners into the summer home of the Ramsay family on the Isle of Skye, where a simple plan to visit a distant lighthouse becomes a quiet measure of desire, disappointment, and devotion. At the center are Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay: he, a celebrated but anxious intellectual hungry for reassurance; she, luminous in her attention to others, holding the household together through warmth and tact. Around them gather their children and a circle of guests, including the painter Lily Briscoe, who struggles to make her vision real on canvas while resisting the pressures and judgments that surround her. As days pass and years press in, the promise of the lighthouse trip lingers like a question: what can be saved of a moment, a family, a work of art? Moving through shifting perspectives and sensations, Woolf traces how love and ambition, memory and time, shape the inner lives of ordinary people. The novel becomes an intimate exploration of consciousness and the fragile, persistent hope of reaching some fixed point beyond change.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:09) Chapter 02

(01:02:10) Chapter 03

(01:38:19) Chapter 04

(02:15:43) Chapter 05

(02:42:11) Chapter 06

(03:01:54) Chapter 07

(03:35:19) Chapter 08

(04:09:41) Chapter 09

(04:37:06) Chapter 10

(04:58:04) Chapter 11

(05:17:34) Chapter 12

(05:45:34) Chapter 13

(06:18:39) Chapter 14

(06:43:16) Chapter 15

(07:08:25) Chapter 16

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The Sonnets by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

June 27, 2023

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154m

The Sonnets by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: poetry

William Shakespeare's The Sonnets gathers 154 compact, emotionally charged poems that move from private confession to sharp social observation, tracing desire, time, art, and the complicated bonds that tie people together. The collection is often read as unfolding in intertwined sequences: many poems address a dazzling, often elusive young man whose beauty and promise seem threatened by change and mortality, while others turn toward a dark, captivating lover who inspires both craving and distrust. Across these shifting addresses, Shakespeare tests love's vocabulary at its limits - praise becomes accusation, devotion becomes rivalry, and longing becomes a debate with the clock. He wrestles with jealousy, betrayal, self-knowledge, and the fear that everything precious will fade, while also arguing for poetry's strange power to preserve a moment, a face, a feeling. Witty, sensual, and psychologically precise, these sonnets invite listeners to hear a living mind at work: turning a single problem again and again until it flashes with new meaning. Whether encountered as an intimate drama or a masterclass in language, The Sonnets remains a daring exploration of what we owe to beauty, truth, and one another.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:27) Chapter 02

(00:19:23) Chapter 03

(00:28:52) Chapter 04

(00:38:58) Chapter 05

(00:48:58) Chapter 06

(00:58:58) Chapter 07

(01:08:35) Chapter 08

(01:18:19) Chapter 09

(01:28:03) Chapter 10