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Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - Book 1, Part 2 Title: Kidnapped Overview: Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893. The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots, a Germanic language that evolved from an earlier incarnation of English. Kidnapped is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. The full title of the book is Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Castaway; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published: 1886 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Genre: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Adventure Novel, Historical Novel Episode: Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - Book 1, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 4:17:27 Book: 1 Length Book: 8:16:42 Episodes: 16 - 30 of 30 Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: friendship, naivete, rebellious, adventurous, bloody history, whigs, jacobites, loyalty, dependence Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - Book 1, Part 1 Title: Kidnapped Overview: Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893. The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots, a Germanic language that evolved from an earlier incarnation of English. Kidnapped is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. The full title of the book is Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Castaway; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published: 1886 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Genre: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Adventure Novel, Historical Novel Episode: Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - Book 1, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 4:00:38 Book: 1 Length Book: 8:16:42 Episodes: 0 - 15 of 30 Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: friendship, naivete, rebellious, adventurous, bloody history, whigs, jacobites, loyalty, dependence Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 4 Title: Villette Overview: Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third and last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published the first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley. Published: 1853 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Novel, Victorian Literature, Romance Episode: Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 4 Part: 4 of 4 Length Part: 5:07:24 Book: 4 Length Book: 20:25:58 Episodes: 33 - 42 of 42 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: family, france, boarding school, self-narrator, isolation, social repression, desire, individuality, cultural conflict, religious conflict, independence, school headmaster, french Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 3 Title: Villette Overview: Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third and last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published the first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley. Published: 1853 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Novel, Victorian Literature, Romance Episode: Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 3 Part: 3 of 4 Length Part: 5:00:52 Book: 4 Length Book: 20:25:58 Episodes: 23 - 32 of 42 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: family, france, boarding school, self-narrator, isolation, social repression, desire, individuality, cultural conflict, religious conflict, independence, school headmaster, french Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 2 Title: Villette Overview: Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third and last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published the first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley. Published: 1853 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Novel, Victorian Literature, Romance Episode: Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 2 Part: 2 of 4 Length Part: 6:10:17 Book: 4 Length Book: 20:25:58 Episodes: 12 - 22 of 42 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: family, france, boarding school, self-narrator, isolation, social repression, desire, individuality, cultural conflict, religious conflict, independence, school headmaster, french Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 1 Title: Villette Overview: Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third and last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published the first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley. Published: 1853 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Novel, Victorian Literature, Romance Episode: Villette - Charlotte Brontë - Book 4, Part 1 Part: 1 of 4 Length Part: 4:07:40 Book: 4 Length Book: 20:25:58 Episodes: 1 - 11 of 42 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: family, france, boarding school, self-narrator, isolation, social repression, desire, individuality, cultural conflict, religious conflict, independence, school headmaster, french Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 4 Title: Shirley Overview: Shirley, A Tale is a social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1849. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon but distinctly male name. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name. Published: 1849 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Social Novel, Victorian Fiction, General Fiction Episode: Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 4 Part: 4 of 4 Length Part: 6:44:52 Book: 3 Length Book: 23:21:08 Episodes: 45 - 58 of 58 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: love, autonomy, belonging, value, self-sacrifice, integrity, personal value, marriage, industrial depression, ruthlessness, impoverishment, debt, machinery, man versus machine Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 3 Title: Shirley Overview: Shirley, A Tale is a social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1849. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon but distinctly male name. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name. Published: 1849 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Social Novel, Victorian Fiction, General Fiction Episode: Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 3 Part: 3 of 4 Length Part: 5:16:45 Book: 3 Length Book: 23:21:08 Episodes: 31 - 44 of 58 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: love, autonomy, belonging, value, self-sacrifice, integrity, personal value, marriage, industrial depression, ruthlessness, impoverishment, debt, machinery, man versus machine Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 2 Title: Shirley Overview: Shirley, A Tale is a social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1849. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon but distinctly male name. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name. Published: 1849 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Social Novel, Victorian Fiction, General Fiction Episode: Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 2 Part: 2 of 4 Length Part: 6:12:34 Book: 3 Length Book: 23:21:08 Episodes: 16 - 30 of 58 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: love, autonomy, belonging, value, self-sacrifice, integrity, personal value, marriage, industrial depression, ruthlessness, impoverishment, debt, machinery, man versus machine Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 1 Title: Shirley Overview: Shirley, A Tale is a social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1849. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon but distinctly male name. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name. Published: 1849 List: 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Charlotte Brontë Genre: Social Novel, Victorian Fiction, General Fiction Episode: Shirley - Charlotte Brontë - Book 3, Part 1 Part: 1 of 4 Length Part: 5:07:18 Book: 3 Length Book: 23:21:08 Episodes: 1 - 15 of 58 Narrator: Collaborative Language: English Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: love, autonomy, belonging, value, self-sacrifice, integrity, personal value, marriage, industrial depression, ruthlessness, impoverishment, debt, machinery, man versus machine Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.