Light Perpetual: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Francis Spufford

Francis Spufford's novel about the French Revolution, Light Perpetual, is a refreshingly original story of a world where all light could be created by a single human-sized candle. But in this new world, everything is different and society has descended into chaos. Suddenly stripped of their rights, the people of Light Perpetual need to find a way out. This audiobook was narrated by Imogen Church and was professionally recorded so that you can enjoy the narration without distractions and get lost in the story like never before.

The novel is narrated in first person from the perspective of a man. The protagonist of the story is a character named William Shakespeare who uses his newly discovered genius for writing to help others fight for freedom during revolution.

In 1848, the British navy's first steam-powered warship was launched. This novel tells the story of that ship and its captain, George Manville Fenn. A complex and fascinating world is created as the reader follows Fenn through his relationship with his wife, who may be mad; with his daughter, who may be a psychic; with his crewmates, most notably David Milne, whose character evolves from brave to cowardly; and finally with the ship itself as it becomes sentient and begins an existence outside of human control.

After being born without eyes, the narrator cannot experience sight in any way. For the most part, the narrator doesn't care about this disability; he is able to have a rich and fulfilling life without ever seeing. In fact, his blindness has given him a new perspective on things. His blindness has also given him insight into how other people perceive different emotions: shame as deep and dark, pride as light and bright, disgust as green and yellow.

Sir Humphrey Appleby has been appointed director of the Department of Chronobiology, and his new deputy is a bright young woman named Sharon Stone.

Light Perpetual: A Novel is a literary work by Francis Spufford. This audiobook download starts with the words "You can find this story in many places." They are all linked to different parts of the world that have found out about an event that has been described as "The Rapture," but it turns out to be just something else and these first-person accounts are mainly from people who are gone and not in heaven or earth anymore.