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Eminent Victorians

Eminent Victorians

Delve into the intricate tapestry of Victorian society with "Eminent Victorians," where the art of biography is redefined through critical examination of its most notable figures. This podcast invites listeners to explore the complexities of identity, morality, and societal expectations that shaped an era marked by progress and contradiction. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, showcasing a rotating selection of works that dissect the lives and legacies of influential personalities, revealing the self-serving motives and societal pressures that defined them. Through these unique explorations, audiences gain insight into the broader implications of their actions and the cultural norms of the time. Discover a new book with every episode, as you engage with the compelling narratives that challenge the conventional myths of the Victorian age and illuminate the enduring human experience. Join us on this enlightening journey through history's most eminent figures.This show includes AI-generated content.

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Some Famous Women-Louise Creighton 4 hr 43 min 47 sec
Joseph Conrad-Hugh Walpole 2 hr 17 min 29 sec
Charles I-Jacob Abbott 5 hr 16 min 21 sec
Cardinal Wolsey-Mandell Creighton 7 hr 30 min 52 sec
Karl Marx An Essay-Harold J. Laski 2 hr 2 min 55 sec
Hawthorne-Henry James 6 hr 14 min 21 sec
Vocation of the Scholar-Johann Gottlieb Fichte 2 hr 40 min 22 sec
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War-Various 9 hr 31 min 22 sec
Six Radical Thinkers Bentham, J.S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, Mazzini, T.H. Green-John MacCunn 8 hr 41 min 43 sec
Soren Kierkegaard, Various Readings-Various 4 hr 27 min 42 sec
Essays, Second Series-Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 hr 35 min 8 sec
Christian Science-Mark Twain 8 hr 1 min 21 sec
Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea-Laura E. Howe Richards 3 hr 23 min 40 sec
When Patty Went to College-Jean Webster 3 hr 46 min 7 sec
Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer 6 hr 17 min 6 sec
France At War On the Frontier of Civilization-Rudyard Kipling 1 hr 42 min 22 sec
Stories of the Royal Humane Society-Frank Mundell 3 hr 28 min 59 sec
Resist Not Evil-Clarence Darrow 3 hr 21 min 56 sec
Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899-Joseph R. Fisher 8 hr 27 min 37 sec
Emily Fox-Seton-Frances Hodgson Burnett 7 hr 27 min 47 sec
Life of Florence Nightingale-Sarah Tooley 8 hr 15 min 6 sec
When Patty Went to College-Jean Webster 3 hr 46 min 7 sec
Story Of A Modern Woman-Ella Hepworth Dixon 5 hr 34 min 17 sec
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I-François Rabelais 7 hr 42 min 15 sec
Yankee at Molokai-Eva K. Betz 2 hr 39 min 50 sec
Political Pilgrim in Europe-Mrs. Philip Snowden 9 hr 34 min
Great Captains Unveiled-B. H. Liddell Hart 7 hr 52 sec
Anti-Dictator The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire-Étienne de La Boétie 2 hr 8 min 27 sec
Adventures of Diggeldy Dan-Edwin P. Norwood 4 hr 49 min 59 sec
American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2-Various 5 hr 56 min 11 sec
Excursions-Henry David Thoreau 9 hr 58 min 54 sec
Indian Fairy Book-Henry R. Schoolcraft 7 hr 11 min 43 sec
If I May-A. A. Milne 4 hr 43 min 59 sec
Rousseau and Education According to Nature-Thomas Davidson 6 hr 44 min 37 sec
Dr. Elsie Inglis-Frances Balfour 6 hr 12 min 23 sec
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