Walking by Henry David Thoreau ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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07/19/23

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90m

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Walking by Henry David Thoreau audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In Walking, Henry David Thoreau invites listeners out of the study and into the fields, arguing that a daily walk is not mere exercise but a necessary act of freedom. Speaking from the woods and roads around Concord, Massachusetts, Thoreau celebrates the art of 'sauntering' - wandering with attention, purpose, and a readiness to be changed by what the land reveals. As fences rise, property lines tighten, and workdays compress the hours, he asks what it means to remain truly alive in a culture that prizes productivity over perception. Moving between sharp social critique and rapturous natural description, Thoreau defends 'wildness' as a spiritual and moral resource, a counterforce to habit, comfort, and conformity. Along the way he blends personal experience with literary allusions, reflections on landscape and history, and a bracing call to recover our kinship with the earth. By turns lyrical, funny, and uncompromising, Walking is a compact manifesto for anyone who suspects that the path to clarity, courage, and imagination begins with putting one foot in front of the other.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:02) Chapter 02

(00:51:47) Chapter 03

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The Burglars Club by Henry Augustus Hering ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

July 19, 2023

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373m

The Burglars Club by Henry Augustus Hering audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Edwardian England, respected Manchester merchant Sir John Carder sits alone in his warehouse office, ruined by bad speculation and staring at a loaded revolver, when an unexpected visitor climbs in through the window: a burglar with the manners of a clubman and the calm assurance of a man following a set of rules. The intruder does not just come to steal Sir John's cherished cigars - he comes to explain the existence of an astonishing society: the Burglars' Club, an exclusive circle of bored, well-connected ex-soldiers and sportsmen who have turned burglary into a ritualized sport. For membership, a man must pay an entrance fee in the form of a prescribed theft, chosen by the club's president, and then keep up his standing with further exploits. Swept into this world of titled ringleaders, baffled victims, and audacious plans, Sir John finds his desperation colliding with temptation, honor, and the dangerous excitement of the chase. Told in twelve linked chronicles, the story races from town houses to country retreats as the club pursues ever more notorious prizes - and discovers that even a gentleman thief can miscalculate the cost of a game played in the dark.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:26:30) Chapter 02

(00:53:01) Chapter 03

(01:17:13) Chapter 04

(01:59:50) Chapter 05

(02:30:18) Chapter 06

(03:01:56) Chapter 07

(03:39:04) Chapter 08

(04:07:14) Chapter 09

(04:33:20) Chapter 10

(05:03:05) Chapter 11

(05:28:57) Chapter 12

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Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

July 19, 2023

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450m

Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: drama

Eugenie Grandet, first published in 1833, is one of Honore de Balzac's finest novels, and one of the first works in what would become his large novel series titled La Comedie Humaine. Set in a provincial town in post-Revolutionary France, the story deals with money, avarice, love, and obsession. A wealthy old miser must manage the passion of his innocent daughter, who later has to navigate on her own the treacherous ways of a world in which money is 'the only god.' Balzac's meticulous use of psychological and physical detail influenced the development of 19th-century literary realism, in the hands of writers such as Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, and Henry James.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:33:24) Chapter 02

(01:11:37) Chapter 03

(01:50:20) Chapter 04

(02:33:20) Chapter 05

(03:00:18) Chapter 06

(03:29:32) Chapter 07

(03:57:39) Chapter 08

(04:32:30) Chapter 09

(05:06:46) Chapter 10