The Drummer, or, The Haunted House by Joseph Addison ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

The Drummer, or, The Haunted House by Joseph Addison audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Joseph Addison's stage comedy The Drummer, or, The Haunted House, Lady Truman is trying to rebuild her life after devastating news: her husband, Sir George Truman, has been reported killed in battle, leaving her a wealthy widow in possession of a prized country estate. Grief, however, quickly becomes only one of her problems. Two persistent would-be husbands, the fashionable Mr. Tinsel and the theatrically melancholy Mr. Fantome, circle her household with competing plans to secure her fortune. Then the nights turn strange. A relentless, unseen drum begins to beat through the house after dark, unsettling servants, rousing rumors of a ghost, and throwing every courtship scheme into confusion. With the practical steward Vellum attempting to keep order and a colorful staff of household attendants caught between fear and opportunism, Lady Truman is pushed toward a desperate solution when a mysterious old man arrives, claiming he can put the disturbance to rest. Part satire, part haunted-house farce, Addison uses the phantom drumming to test courage, expose hypocrisy, and ask what people will believe when self-interest is at stake.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:04:58) Chapter 1

(00:33:47) Chapter 2

(00:55:12) Chapter 3

(01:17:27) Chapter 4

(01:41:16) Chapter 5

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