The Bab Ballads by William S. Gilbert ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

The Bab Ballads by William S. Gilbert audiobook.

Genre: poetry

The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique 'topsy-turvy' style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations 'Bab'

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:04:57) Chapter 02

(00:09:05) Chapter 03

(00:11:35) Chapter 04

(00:14:31) Chapter 05

(00:16:04) Chapter 06

(00:19:41) Chapter 07

(00:22:42) Chapter 08

(00:26:34) Chapter 09

(00:30:31) Chapter 10

(00:34:47) Chapter 11

(00:40:12) Chapter 12

(00:44:33) Chapter 13

(00:47:35) Chapter 14

(00:52:04) Chapter 15

(00:55:14) Chapter 16

(00:59:40) Chapter 17

(01:03:45) Chapter 18

(01:08:40) Chapter 19

(01:13:21) Chapter 20

(01:17:30) Chapter 21

(01:18:44) Chapter 22

(01:23:30) Chapter 23

(01:28:20) Chapter 24

(01:32:39) Chapter 25

(01:37:54) Chapter 26

(01:41:06) Chapter 27

(01:45:39) Chapter 28

(01:50:25) Chapter 29

(01:54:50) Chapter 30

(01:59:51) Chapter 31

(02:02:45) Chapter 32

(02:06:53) Chapter 33

(02:12:06) Chapter 34

(02:16:09) Chapter 35

(02:20:03) Chapter 36

(02:25:18) Chapter 37

(02:30:00) Chapter 38

(02:35:41) Chapter 39

(02:40:45) Chapter 40

(02:45:23) Chapter 41

(02:49:42) Chapter 42

(02:54:28) Chapter 43

(02:55:57) Chapter 44

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