All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Alls Well That Ends Well, William Shakespeare follows the determined young Helena, a physician's daughter raised in the household of the Countess of Roussillon. Secretly devoted to the Countess' son, Bertram, Helena faces the hard truth of rank and expectation when Bertram is called to the French court and she is left behind. Refusing to accept a life of quiet longing, Helena takes a bold gamble: she travels to Paris and offers to cure the ailing King of France with remedies inherited from her late father. Her success earns her a reward that shocks the court and places her in direct conflict with pride, privilege, and the slippery definitions of honor. Thrust into a marriage that is more contract than romance, Helena must navigate Bertram's resistance, the swaggering antics of his companion Parolles, and the dangerous temptations of wartime Italy. By turns sharp, tender, and unsettling, the play explores love as persistence, reputation as performance, and the cost of trying to win what society says you cannot claim.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:01:59) Chapter 1

(00:36:15) Chapter 2

(01:22:20) Chapter 3

(01:49:22) Chapter 4

(02:25:18) Chapter 5

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