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  • Underground London by John Hollingshead ~ Full Audiobook [history]

    Underground London by John Hollingshead ~ Full Audiobook [history]
    Feb 16 2026
    Underground London by John Hollingshead audiobook. Genre: history Published in 1862, John Hollingshead's Underground London invites you beneath the clamorous streets of early-to-mid Victorian London, where the citys true lifelines run in darkness. With the brisk curiosity of a reporter and the wit of an essayist, Hollingshead becomes your guide through buried rivers, old channels and forgotten passages, and into the practical, messy machinery that keeps a metropolis alive: sewers, drains, waterworks and the expanding web of gas pipes that turns night into day. Moving between lively street-level observation and below-ground investigation, he introduces the engineers, laborers and officials wrestling with a problem that touches every home and every neighborhood: how to supply a swelling population with clean water and light while carrying away its waste. Along the way, he gathers local legends and eerie stories, compares competing schemes, and builds toward the heated public debates of his moment, including bold proposals for a railway that would run underground. By turns informative, sardonic and surprisingly atmospheric, this is a portrait of a city confronting modernity from the foundations up. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:36:14) Chapter 02 (00:56:03) Chapter 03 (01:15:58) Chapter 04 (01:41:51) Chapter 05 (02:09:03) Chapter 06 (02:26:16) Chapter 07 (02:55:10) Chapter 08 (03:25:39) Chapter 09 (03:44:54) Chapter 10 (04:33:36) Chapter 11 (04:42:14) Chapter 12 (04:56:00) Chapter 13 (05:04:36) Chapter 14 (05:22:55) Chapter 15 (05:36:52) Chapter 16 (05:59:02) Chapter 17 (06:17:14) Chapter 18 (06:24:51) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 h y 2 m
  • A Problem in Modern Ethics by John Addington Symonds ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

    A Problem in Modern Ethics by John Addington Symonds ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]
    Feb 12 2026
    A Problem in Modern Ethics by John Addington Symonds audiobook. Genre: philosophy Privately printed in the late 19th century for a tiny circle of readers, John Addington Symonds' A Problem in Modern Ethics is a bold, carefully argued inquiry into what his era called 'sexual inversion' - same-sex desire and relationships - addressed to the people who shaped public opinion and policy: doctors, psychologists, clergy, and jurists. Writing as a humane scholar steeped in history and literature, Symonds surveys how societies across time have understood and regulated same-sex love, then turns to the competing medical explanations of his day, challenging easy assumptions that treat homosexuality as a vice, a contagion, or a simple acquired habit. He weighs the ethical stakes for individuals forced into secrecy, the damage done by stigma and blackmail, and the contradictions of laws that punish consenting adults while claiming to defend morality. Along the way, he brings a literary critic's eye to cultural evidence, including discussion of major writers whose work was implicated in contemporary debates. Part historical study, part ethical brief, and part early rights argument, the essay captures a pivotal moment when modern sexology and modern civil-liberties thinking were beginning to collide. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:10:37) Chapter 01 (00:18:30) Chapter 02 (00:30:45) Chapter 03 (00:39:01) Chapter 04 (00:55:14) Chapter 05 (01:08:34) Chapter 06 (01:18:45) Chapter 07 (01:29:17) Chapter 08 (01:48:43) Chapter 09 (02:04:35) Chapter 10 (02:20:23) Chapter 11 (02:36:37) Chapter 12 (02:54:34) Chapter 13 (03:13:53) Chapter 14 (03:26:40) Chapter 15 (03:37:15) Chapter 16 (03:53:15) Chapter 17 (04:06:22) Chapter 18 (04:17:36) Chapter 19 (04:31:00) Chapter 20 (04:41:26) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    4 h y 52 m
  • Little Miss Grasshopper by Johanna Spyri ~ Full Audiobook [family]

    Little Miss Grasshopper by Johanna Spyri ~ Full Audiobook [family]
    Feb 11 2026
    Little Miss Grasshopper by Johanna Spyri audiobook. Genre: family Rita Feland has earned her nickname, Little Miss Grasshopper, the moment she starts bouncing with excitement. From their comfortable home in Dresden, the Feland family sets out for a long-awaited summer holiday in Switzerland, climbing toward the high country of the Gemmi Pass where sharp peaks, deep valleys, and clear air promise freedom and discovery. In a quiet mountain cottage, new acquaintances appear and the days fill with walks, stories, and the thrilling sense that the world is larger than Rita ever imagined. But Rita's bright curiosity and impulsive courage can carry her farther than anyone expects. When an innocent adventure turns suddenly frightening, the peaceful trip becomes a test of nerve and devotion as family members and strangers alike are drawn into a tense search through rugged terrain and an approaching night. Tender, suspenseful, and grounded in the beauty of the Alps, Johanna Spyri's tale explores the bonds between parents and children, the limits of youthful independence, and the steadying power of love and faith when fear closes in. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:05:50) Chapter 02 (00:13:23) Chapter 03 (00:22:54) Chapter 04 (00:32:50) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 m
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I've now listened to several of these 800+ (and growing) episodes/books, and sampled many more. They are read well, for the most part, and cover a broad range of topics, authors and time periods. There are both fiction and non-fiction, children's, YA and adult titles. I assume all are in the public domain, whether by lapsed or expired copyright. A number of the series' titles are otherwise unavailable for free through Audible, but the edition for sale on Audible will likely be a better reading or translation. I haven't checked, but some of the more obsure titles are likely not available at all. Some have attributions to Librivox, but a variety of sources seem to be drawn from. The biggest drawback, due to the podcast/episode structure of the collection, is that you can't search by title or author, only by upload date. You must load page after page until you find (or don't find) a title or author you're hoping is in the collection. But what do you want for FREE? There are both diamonds and lumps of coal in this mine. You just have to keep digging until you find your diamonds.

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