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The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli • 1532
The book that gave political power its own vocabulary, written by a diplomat who had lost his post and wanted it back.
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2 hr 23 min
Audiobook chapters
26 chapters
Ebook pages
105
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Chapter I: How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What Means They Are Acquired
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About this ebook
Read Machiavelli's complete twenty-six chapters in the W. K. Marriott translation and listen to the whole treatise on statecraft.
The Prince is presented here with 26 separate audio chapters, preserving the structure of the original work rather than combining the book into one track.
Readers can move between the ebook source and the AI-narrated audio, making this public-domain edition easy to read, sample, and continue by chapter.
Why readers love it
- It is a recognized public-domain work with lasting literary and cultural value.
- Its chapter structure works naturally for focused listening.
- The read-and-listen format makes it easy to revisit scenes, ideas, and language at your own pace.
What the opening chapters do
The Prince opens in the distinctive voice and setting that made Niccolo Machiavelli's work endure.
The complete narration follows the cleaned Project Gutenberg text, without its catalog header, table of contents, or license footer.
Key themes
These themes help readers understand what keeps the book alive: the recurring ideas, tensions, and emotions that define its appeal.
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Is The Prince available as a complete audiobook here?
Yes. This page includes the complete cleaned narration in 26 audio chapters.
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The source is the linked Project Gutenberg edition. Its catalog header, contents page, and license footer are excluded from the narration.
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