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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - Book 1, Part 1 Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray Overview: The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. A revised and extended edition was published in April 1891. Revisions include changes in character dialogue as well as the addition of the preface, more scenes and chapters, and Sibyl Vane’s brother, James Vane. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and visually records every one of Dorian's sins. Wilde's only novel was subject to much controversy and criticism in its time but has come to be recognized as a classic of gothic literature. Published: 1891 List: 100 Best Novels Of All Time, 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Oscar Wilde Genre: Fantastic Fiction, General Fiction, Philosophical Fiction, Decadent Literature Episode: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - Book 1, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 5:24:28 Book: 1 Length Book: 9:30:14 Episodes: 0 - 10 of 20 Narrator: Bob Neufeld Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: painting, soul, aging, death, redemption, hedonist, youth, drama, time, mysticism, fatalism, jealousy, gothic, morality, innocence, scandal, immortality, pride, oscarwilde Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #painting #soul #aging #death #redemption #hedonist #youth #drama #time #mysticism #fatalism #jealousy #gothic #morality #innocence #scandal #immortality #pride #OscarWilde Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

All the Mowgli Stories - Rudyard Kipling - Book 3 Title: All the Mowgli Stories Overview: All the Mowgli Stories is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. As the title suggests, the book is a chronological compilation of the stories about Mowgli from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, together with "In the Rukh" (the first Mowgli story written, although the last in chronological order). The book also includes the epigrammatic poems added to the stories for their original book publication. All of the stories and poems had originally been published between 1893 and 1895. The book was first published under this title in 1933 by Macmillan and Co., containing color plates and pen illustrations by Stuart Tresilian. Its contents are virtually identical to The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VII: The Jungle Book, part of a multi-volume set that had appeared in 1907. (A companion volume, The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VIII: The Jungle Book collects all of the non-Mowgli stories from the two Jungle Books.) Published: 1895 Series: The Jungle Books, Collections #13, Jungle Book Series #3 List: 100 Popular Storybook Collection Author: Rudyard Kipling Genre: Children's Book, Action & Adventure Episode: All the Mowgli Stories - Rudyard Kipling - Book 3 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 7:28:04 Book: 3 Length Book: 7:28:04 Episodes: 1 - 10 of 10 Predecessor: The Second Jungle Book Narrator: Phil Chenevert Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: jungle, india, feral child, kidnapping, talking animal, singing animal, friend, elephant, ruins, python, human-animal friendship, friends, bear, orphan, orangutan, children, friendship, buddies, Rudyard Kipling Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #jungle #india #feralchild #kidnapping #talkinganimal #singinganimal #friend #elephant #ruins #python #humananimalfriendship #friends #bear #orphan #orangutan #children #friendship #buddies #RudyardKipling Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

The Second Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 2 Title: The Second Jungle Book Overview: The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894–5, often under different titles. The 1994 film The Jungle Book used it as a source. Published: 1895 Series: The Jungle Books, Collections #12, Jungle Book Series #2 List: 100 Popular Storybook Collection Author: Rudyard Kipling Genre: Children's Book, Action & Adventure Episode: The Second Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 2 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 7:11:24 Book: 2 Length Book: 7:11:24 Episodes: 1 - 26 of 26 Predecessor: The Jungle Book Successor: All the Mowgli Stories Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: jungle, india, feral child, kidnapping, talking animal, singing animal, friend, elephant, ruins, python, human-animal friendship, friends, bear, orphan, orangutan, children, friendship, buddies, Rudyard Kipling Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #jungle #india #feralchild #kidnapping #talkinganimal #singinganimal #friend #elephant #ruins #python #humananimalfriendship #friends #bear #orphan #orangutan #children #friendship #buddies #RudyardKipling Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 1 Title: The Jungle Book Overview: The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal behavior, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form. They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing one's place in society with "the law of the jungle", but the stories also illustrate the freedom to move between different worlds, such as when Mowgli moves between the jungle and the village. Critics have also noted the essential wildness and lawless energies in the stories, reflecting the irresponsible side of human nature. The Jungle Book has remained popular, partly through its many adaptations for film and other media. Critics such as Swati Singh have noted that even critics wary of Kipling for his supposed imperialism have admired the power of his storytelling. The book has been influential in the scout movement, whose founder, Robert Baden-Powell, was a friend of Kipling's. Percy Grainger composed his Jungle Book Cycle around quotations from the book. Published: 1894 Series: The Jungle Books, Collections #11, Jungle Book Series #1 List: 100 Popular Storybook Collection Author: Rudyard Kipling Genre: Children's Book, Action & Adventure Episode: The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 1 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 5:24:48 Book: 1 Length Book: 5:24:48 Episodes: 1 - 11 of 11 Predecessor: "In the Rukh"  Successor: The Second Jungle Book  Narrator: Phil Chenevert Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: jungle, india, feral child, kidnapping, talking animal, singing animal, friend, elephant, ruins, python, human-animal friendship, friends, bear, orphan, orangutan, children, friendship, buddies, Rudyard Kipling Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #jungle #india #feralchild #kidnapping #talkinganimal #singinganimal #friend #elephant #ruins #python #humananimalfriendship #friends #bear #orphan #orangutan #children #friendship #buddies #RudyardKipling Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 - Book 5, Part 2 Title: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 Overview: He lived simply, loved his walks, and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheridan, for one, Jonathan Swift delighted in the 18th century equivalent of a rap off – going back and forth in dueling verse repartee. This second volume is a cornucopia of biting, iconoclastic humor, and earnest criticism of injustice. Poems herein concerning Wood’s Halfpence are the companion to his famous Drapier’s Letters and trumpet his achievement in stirring up sufficient outcry to spare Ireland from damaging monetary debasement. He knew what real money was: “For in all the leases that ever we hold We must pay our rent in good silver and gold, And not in brass tokens of such a base mould.” And he didn’t think much of monetary debasement’s evil twin, fractional reserve banking, either: “We want our money on the nail The Banker’s ruin’d if he pays”. There’s a healthy smattering here of bums and urination references too – just so you know these are genuine Swift poems -- and all manner of other topics too. In Death and Daphne, written for a favorite grisette, we learn of Death’s sagging libido due to the skinniness of his human bride. And the last poem excoriating Sheridan for comparing base women to noble clouds is a heavenly coup de grâce for any challenger who would dare to top his politically incorrect and thunderous wit: Some critic may object, perhaps, That clouds are blamed for giving claps; But what, alas! are claps ethereal, Compared for mischief to venereal? Published: 1910 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Poetry, Single Author Episode: Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 - Book 5, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 4:39:02 Book: 5 Length Book: 9:53:33 Episodes: 69 - 136 of 136 Predecessor: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 Narrator: Arthur Krolman Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, uncensored, hypocrisy, poems, poetry, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #uncensored #hypocrisy #poems #poetry #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Arthur Krolman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 - Book 5, Part 1 Title: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 Overview: He lived simply, loved his walks, and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheridan, for one, Jonathan Swift delighted in the 18th century equivalent of a rap off – going back and forth in dueling verse repartee. This second volume is a cornucopia of biting, iconoclastic humor, and earnest criticism of injustice. Poems herein concerning Wood’s Halfpence are the companion to his famous Drapier’s Letters and trumpet his achievement in stirring up sufficient outcry to spare Ireland from damaging monetary debasement. He knew what real money was: “For in all the leases that ever we hold We must pay our rent in good silver and gold, And not in brass tokens of such a base mould.” And he didn’t think much of monetary debasement’s evil twin, fractional reserve banking, either: “We want our money on the nail The Banker’s ruin’d if he pays”. There’s a healthy smattering here of bums and urination references too – just so you know these are genuine Swift poems -- and all manner of other topics too. In Death and Daphne, written for a favorite grisette, we learn of Death’s sagging libido due to the skinniness of his human bride. And the last poem excoriating Sheridan for comparing base women to noble clouds is a heavenly coup de grâce for any challenger who would dare to top his politically incorrect and thunderous wit: Some critic may object, perhaps, That clouds are blamed for giving claps; But what, alas! are claps ethereal, Compared for mischief to venereal? Published: 1910 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Poetry, Single Author Episode: Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 - Book 5, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 5:14:41 Book: 5 Length Book: 9:53:33 Episodes: 1 - 68 of 136 Predecessor: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 Narrator: Arthur Krolman Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, uncensored, hypocrisy, poems, poetry, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #uncensored #hypocrisy #poems #poetry #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Arthur Krolman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 2 Title: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 Overview: Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is such a thing as corrupt rich guys who pretend they're God's gift to the world? So did Swift. Think some of these types strut around as if calls of nature don't apply to them? So did Swift. In one hilarious poem, he even describes gold diggers fighting over the loaded gentleman's gaseous offerings! His poem On Poetry, A Rhapsody, censored for treasonous mocking of the royal family, is in its rare uncensored form here. As free as he himself is with his sharp tongue against the blackened rich and corrupt, he knows others might have to kiss up to eat. So he includes many verses of advice on how to go about lying for a living, for example, "Your interest lies to learn the knack Of whitening what before was black." Despite the decay and hypocrisy, he sees all around him he stays upbeat throughout -- even making fun out of his own tragic onset of deafness. You already know this giant of English literature for the great feast of prose he left us. Think of these delicious poems here as your sinful dessert. Published: 1910 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Poetry, Single Author Episode: Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 4:38:55 Book: 4 Length Book: 9:21:31 Episodes: 62 - 121 of 121 Successor: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 Narrator: Arthur Krolman Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, uncensored, hypocrisy, poems, poetry, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #uncensored #hypocrisy #poems #poetry #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Arthur Krolman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 1 Title: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 Overview: Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is such a thing as corrupt rich guys who pretend they're God's gift to the world? So did Swift. Think some of these types strut around as if calls of nature don't apply to them? So did Swift. In one hilarious poem, he even describes gold diggers fighting over the loaded gentleman's gaseous offerings! His poem On Poetry, A Rhapsody, censored for treasonous mocking of the royal family, is in its rare uncensored form here. As free as he himself is with his sharp tongue against the blackened rich and corrupt, he knows others might have to kiss up to eat. So he includes many verses of advice on how to go about lying for a living, for example, "Your interest lies to learn the knack Of whitening what before was black." Despite the decay and hypocrisy, he sees all around him he stays upbeat throughout -- even making fun out of his own tragic onset of deafness. You already know this giant of English literature for the great feast of prose he left us. Think of these delicious poems here as your sinful dessert. Published: 1910 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Poetry, Single Author Episode: Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 4:42:43 Book: 4 Length Book: 9:21:31 Episodes: 1 -61 of 121 Successor: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 2 Narrator: Arthur Krolman Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, uncensored, hypocrisy, poems, poetry, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #uncensored #hypocrisy #poems #poetry #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Arthur Krolman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3 Title: A Modest Proposal Overview: A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The essay suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, predominantly Irish Catholic (i.e., "Papists") as well as British policy toward the Irish in general. In English writing, the phrase "a modest proposal" is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire. Published: 1729 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Satirical Essay Episode: A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 24:56 Book: 3 Length Book: 24:56 Episodes: 1 of 1 Predecessor: Gulliver's Travels Narrator: John Gonzalez Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 2 Title: Gulliver's Travels Overview: Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it". The book was an immediate success. The English dramatist John Gay remarked "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." In 2015, Robert McCrum released his selection list of 100 best novels of all time in which Gulliver's Travels is listed as "a satirical masterpiece". Published: 1726 List: 100 Best Novels Of All Time, 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Fantasy, Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction Episode: Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 5:03:06 Book: 2 Length Book: 11:10:32 Episodes: 20 - 39 of 39 Predecessor: Drapier's Letters Successor: A Modest Proposal Narrator: Lizzie Driver Memorium: Kristin Hughes (1974 - 2021) Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, travelers, tales, literary, humanity, literature, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #travelers #tales #literary #humanity #literature #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1 Title: Gulliver's Travels Overview: Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it". The book was an immediate success. The English dramatist John Gay remarked "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." In 2015, Robert McCrum released his selection list of 100 best novels of all time in which Gulliver's Travels is listed as "a satirical masterpiece". Published: 1726 List: 100 Best Novels Of All Time, 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Fantasy, Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction Episode: Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 6:20:23 Book: 2 Length Book: 11:10:32 Episodes: 0 - 19 of 39 Predecessor: Drapier's Letters Successor: A Modest Proposal Narrator: Lizzie Driver Memorium: Kristin Hughes (1974 - 2021) Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, travelers, tales, literary, humanity, literature, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #travelers #tales #literary #humanity #literature #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift - Book 1 Title: A Tale of a Tub Overview: A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his best. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of western Christianity. A satire on the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches and English Dissenters, it was famously attacked for its profanity and irreligion, starting with William Wotton, who wrote that it made a game of "God and Religion, Truth and Moral Honesty, Learning and Industry" to show "at the bottom [the author's] contemptible Opinion of every Thing which is called Christianity." The work continued to be regarded as an attack on religion well into the nineteenth century. The Tale was enormously popular, presenting both a satire of religious excess and a parody of contemporary writing in literature, politics, theology, Biblical exegesis, and medicine through its comically excessive front matter and series of digressions throughout. The overarching parody is of enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. At the time it was written, politics and religion were still closely linked in England, and the religious and political aspects of the satire can often hardly be separated. "The work made Swift notorious, and was widely misunderstood, especially by Queen Anne herself who mistook its purpose for profanity." It "effectively disbarred its author from proper preferment" in the Church of England, but is considered one of Swift's best allegories, even by himself. Published: 1704 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Prose & Tragedy Episode: A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift - Book 1 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 4:26:42 Book: 1 Length Book: 4:26:42 Episodes: 0 - 12 of 12 Successor: Drapier's Letters Narrator: Edmund Bloxam Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 2 Title: Tales of the Jazz Age Overview: Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to the subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair. The stories included in the collection are: "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky", and "Jemina". Published: 1922 Series: Short Story Collections #2 List: Great American Short Story Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Short Stories Episode: Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 4:04:28 Book: 5 Length Book: 8:45:01 Episodes: 7 - 13 of 13 Predecessor: Flappers and Philosophers Successor: All the Sad Young Men Narrator: Don W. Jenkins Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 1 Title: Tales of the Jazz Age Overview: Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to the subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair. The stories included in the collection are: "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky", and "Jemina". Published: 1922 Series: Short Story Collections #2 List: Great American Short Story Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Short Stories Episode: Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 4:40:41 Book: 5 Length Book: 8:45:01 Episodes: 0 - 6 of 13 Predecessor: Flappers and Philosophers Successor: All the Sad Young Men Narrator: Don W. Jenkins Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support

Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 4 Title: Flappers and Philosophers Overview: Flappers and Philosophers is the first collection of eight short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Saturday Evening Post, or Scribner's Magazine. The stories included in the collection are: "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong", and "The Four Fists". Published: 1920 Series: Short Story Collections #1 List: Great American Short Story Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Short Stories Episode: Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 4 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 6:50:23 Book: 4 Length Book: 6:50:23 Episodes: 1 - 8 of 8 Successor: Tales of the Jazz Age Narrator: mb Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/support