Androcles and the Lion
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Androcles and the Lion

By Bernard Shaw
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Length1h 52m

About this audiobook

Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including the cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values.

Audiobook details

GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length1 hr 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PROLOGUE
2ACT I
3ACT II

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