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Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot), published in 1835, is widely considered to be Balzac’s finest and most popular novel. It is set in Paris in 1819, after Napoleon’s defeat and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. France was undergoing massive social upheaval, as the new bourgeoisie jockeyed for position alongside the old aristocracy. Against this backdrop, we follow the lives of Goriot, an old man who irrationally dotes on his daughters; Vautrin, a shadowy criminal mastermind; and Rastignac, a young man from the provinces who studies how to navigate the complexities and climb the ladder of Parisian society. Balzac’s masterful use of physical and psychological detail makes this book a landmark in the development of realism in western literature. Translated by Ellen Marriage. Chapter 1 – 00:00 Chapter 2 – 42:52 Chapter 3 – 1:15:26 Chapter 4 – 1:33:03 Chapter 5 – 1:57:46 Chapter 6 – 2:08:38 Chapter 7 – 2:37:57 Chapter 8 – 3:26:36 Chapter 9 – 3:52:46 Chapter 10 – 4:41:32 Chapter 11 – 5:27:43 Chapter 12 – 6:12:50 Chapter 13 – 6:56:00 Chapter 14 – 7:37:11 Chapter 15 – 8:18:33 Chapter 16 – 8:54:45 Chapter 17 – 9:36:51 Chapter 18 – 10:20:13 Chapter 19 – 10:50:39 Translated by Ellen Marriage Read by Bruce Pirie (https://librivox.org/reader/3699)Tag: audiobook full
Three Men and a Maid by P. G. Wodehouse
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“Three Men and a Maid” in the USA and “The Girl on the Boat” in the UK, is a typical P.G. Wodehouse romantic comedy, involving, at various times: a disastrous talent quest, a lawyer with a revolver, a bulldog with a mind of his own and a suit of armour! The maid, or marriageable young woman, is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina “Billie” Bennet. The three men are Bream Mortimer, a long-time friend and admirer of Billie, Eustace Hignett, a poet of sensitive disposition who is engaged to Billie at the opening of the tale, and Sam Marlowe, Eustace’s would-be-dashing cousin, who falls for Billie at first sight. All four find themselves on an ocean liner headed for England together, along with an elephant-gun-wielding young woman called Jane Hubbard who is smitten with Eustace the poet. Typically Wodehousian romantic shenanigans ensue. Chapter 1 – 00:00 Chapter 2 – 22:05 Chapter 3 – 1:03:32 Chapter 4 – 1:21:19 Chapter 5 – 1:50:26 Chapter 6 – 2:03:33 Chapter 7 – 2:13:04 Chapter 8 – 2:32:36 Chapter 9 – 2:43:07 Chapter 10 – 3:00:14 Chapter 11 – 3:05:34 Chapter 12 – 3:22:28 Chapter 13 – 3:35:40 Chapter 14 – 3:48:36 Chapter 15 – 4:09:08 Chapter 16 – 4:28:34 Read by Tim Bulkeley (https://librivox.org/reader/753)