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Powerful classics you can finish in a sitting — essays, novellas and concise masterpieces

172 books, free to read in full

The Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa — book cover

The Bhagavad Gita

Vyasa

Philosophy · 1h 16m

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám — book cover

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyám

Philosophy · 45 min

Erotica Romana by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — book cover

Erotica Romana

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Romance · 27 min

Time Crime by H. Beam Piper — book cover

Time Crime

H. Beam Piper

Fiction · 2h 26m

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie — book cover

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

Fiction · 3h 8m

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle — book cover

A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction · 2h 53m

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — book cover

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction · 2h 50m

Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper — book cover

Lone Star Planet

H. Beam Piper

Fiction · 2h 1m

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning — book cover

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Romance · 22 min

"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character by Douglas English — book cover

"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character

Douglas English

Fiction · 2h

Love and Freindship [sic] by Jane Austen — book cover

Love and Freindship [sic]

Jane Austen

Romance · 2h 13m

My Contemporaries In Fiction by David Christie Murray — book cover

My Contemporaries In Fiction

David Christie Murray

Fiction · 2h 13m

Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope by Victor Appleton — book cover

Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope

Victor Appleton

Adventure · 1h 3m

On the Happy Life by Seneca — book cover

On the Happy Life

Seneca

Philosophy · 52 min

The Plymouth Express Affair by Agatha Christie — book cover

The Plymouth Express Affair

Agatha Christie

Fiction · 19 min

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe — book cover

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: From the Quarto of 1604

Christopher Marlowe

Fiction · 54 min

The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft — book cover

The Shunned House

H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction · 43 min

Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros — book cover

Irene Iddesleigh

Amanda McKittrick Ros

Romance · 2h 15m

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — book cover

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Adventure · 2h 37m

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare — book cover

A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 1h 8m

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince — book cover

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave

Mary Prince

Fiction · 1h 39m

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels — book cover

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Philosophy · 45 min

The Hunter's Lodge Case by Agatha Christie — book cover

The Hunter's Lodge Case

Agatha Christie

Fiction · 17 min

The Merryweathers by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards — book cover

The Merryweathers

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Fiction · 2h 37m

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving — book cover

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

Fiction · 49 min

The Big Fix by George O. Smith — book cover

The Big Fix

George O. Smith

Fiction · 37 min

Carmen by Prosper Mérimée — book cover

Carmen

Prosper Mérimée

Romance · 1h 36m

Aesop's Fables by Aesop — book cover

Aesop's Fables

Aesop

Fiction · 2h 45m

The Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of Love by Henry Fielding — book cover

The Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of Love

Henry Fielding

Romance · 53 min

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell — book cover

The Problems of Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy · 2h 50m

My Shipmate—Columbus by Stephen Marlowe — book cover

My Shipmate—Columbus

Stephen Marlowe

Adventure · 36 min

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole — book cover

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

Fiction · 2h 26m

Candide by Voltaire — book cover

Candide

Voltaire

Fiction · 2h 20m

Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love: Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes by Ovid — book cover

Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love: Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes

Ovid

Fiction · 1h 47m

The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Murray Leinster — book cover

The Ambulance Made Two Trips

Murray Leinster

Fiction · 31 min

The Hoosier School-boy by Edward Eggleston — book cover

The Hoosier School-boy

Edward Eggleston

Fiction · 2h 24m

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass — book cover

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Philosophy · 2h 42m

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James — book cover

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

Fiction · 2h 48m

The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope — book cover

The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope

Fiction · 3h 34m

The Symposium by Plato — book cover

The Symposium

Plato

Philosophy · 2h 10m

The Undersea Tube by L. Taylor Hansen — book cover

The Undersea Tube

L. Taylor Hansen

Adventure · 17 min

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca — book cover

On the Shortness of Life

Seneca

Stoicism · 44 min

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells — book cover

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells

Fiction · 2h 9m

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare — book cover

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 1h 10m

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — book cover

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction · 2h 30m

The call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft — book cover

The call of Cthulhu

H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction · 47 min

The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan by Daisy Ashford — book cover

The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan

Daisy Ashford

Romance · 1h

The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison — book cover

The Misplaced Battleship

Harry Harrison

Adventure · 45 min

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — book cover

Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Philosophy · 4h 30m

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde — book cover

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

Fiction · 1h 22m

His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle — book cover

His Last Bow

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction · 3h 56m

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius — book cover

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742

Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism · 2h 45m

Red Nails by Robert E. Howard — book cover

Red Nails

Robert E. Howard

Adventure · 2h 5m

The Warden by Anthony Trollope — book cover

The Warden

Anthony Trollope

Fiction · 4h 47m

Wild Animals at Home by Ernest Thompson Seton — book cover

Wild Animals at Home

Ernest Thompson Seton

Fiction · 2h 51m

The Damned Thing: 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" by Ambrose Bierce — book cover

The Damned Thing: 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"

Ambrose Bierce

Fiction · 13 min

The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs — book cover

The Lost Continent

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Adventure · 2h 31m

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson — book cover

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction · 1h 42m

Anthem by Ayn Rand — book cover

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Fiction · 1h 16m

Phaedrus by Plato — book cover

Phaedrus

Plato

Philosophy · 2h 32m

Penny of Top Hill Trail by Belle Kanaris Maniates — book cover

Penny of Top Hill Trail

Belle Kanaris Maniates

Romance · 2h 50m

Undine by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué — book cover

Undine

Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué

Romance · 2h 12m

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen — book cover

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen

Fiction · 1h 27m

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — book cover

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen

Fiction · 1h 46m

My Studio Neighbors by W. Hamilton Gibson — book cover

My Studio Neighbors

W. Hamilton Gibson

Fiction · 2h 31m

The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche — book cover

The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Philosophy · 1h 50m

Discourse on the Method by René Descartes — book cover

Discourse on the Method

René Descartes

Philosophy · 1h 31m

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman — book cover

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction · 24 min

Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri — book cover

Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell

Dante Alighieri

Fiction · 2h 30m

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka — book cover

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Fiction · 1h 28m

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw — book cover

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

Fiction · 2h 14m

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells — book cover

The Invisible Man

H.G. Wells

Fiction · 3h 13m

The Art of War by Sun Tzu — book cover

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Philosophy · 3h 36m

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran — book cover

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Philosophy · 50 min

Apology by Plato — book cover

Apology

Plato

Philosophy · 1h 4m

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — book cover

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Fiction · 2h 36m

"And That's How It Was, Officer" by Ralph Sholto — book cover

"And That's How It Was, Officer"

Ralph Sholto

Fiction · 45 min

The Crack of Doom by Robert Cromie — book cover

The Crack of Doom

Robert Cromie

Romance · 2h 49m

Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services — book cover

Simple Sabotage Field Manual

United States. Office of Strategic Services

Fiction · 36 min

Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. Howard — book cover

Shadows in the Moonlight

Robert E. Howard

Adventure · 48 min

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi — book cover

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi

Fiction · 2h 39m

Beowulf by Anonymous — book cover

Beowulf

Anonymous

Fiction · 2h 28m

A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick by Jonathan Swift — book cover

A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick

Jonathan Swift

Fiction · 14 min

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne — book cover

From the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne

Fiction · 6h

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson — book cover

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Psychology · 1h 43m

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen — book cover

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

Fiction · 3h 41m

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad — book cover

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Fiction · 2h 32m

Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman by William Godwin — book cover

Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman

William Godwin

Fiction · 1h 39m

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter — book cover

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

Fiction · 4 min

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell — book cover

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction · 4h 42m

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand — book cover

Cyrano de Bergerac

Edmond Rostand

Fiction · 2h 23m

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James — book cover

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James

Fiction · 2h 51m

The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia P. Hale — book cover

The Peterkin Papers

Lucretia P. Hale

Fiction · 2h 53m

The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard — book cover

The People of the Black Circle

Robert E. Howard

Adventure · 2h 4m

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs — book cover

The Land That Time Forgot

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Adventure · 2h 29m

Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter by Horatio, Jr. Alger — book cover

Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter

Horatio, Jr. Alger

Fiction · 2h 56m

Walden by Henry David Thoreau — book cover

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Philosophy · 7h 43m

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier — book cover

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Joseph Bédier

Romance · 1h 43m

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu — book cover

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Fiction · 1h 51m

Lysistrata by Aristophanes — book cover

Lysistrata

Aristophanes

Fiction · 58 min

The Later Cave-Men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp — book cover

The Later Cave-Men

Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

Fiction · 2h 47m

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells — book cover

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H.G. Wells

Fiction · 2h 53m

The Cherry Orchard and Other Plays by Anton Chekhov — book cover

The Cherry Orchard and Other Plays

Anton Chekhov

Fiction · 2h 57m

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers — book cover

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

Mabel Powers

Fiction · 1h 44m

Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs — book cover

Out of Time's Abyss

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Adventure · 2h 22m

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde — book cover

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

Fiction · 1h 11m

A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum — book cover

A Martian Odyssey

Stanley G. Weinbaum

Adventure · 41 min

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll — book cover

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Fiction · 1h 45m

The Call of the Wild by Jack London — book cover

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

Fiction · 2h 7m

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake — book cover

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Blake

Fiction · 21 min

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath by Rita — book cover

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath

Rita

Fiction · 2h

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson — book cover

Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Philosophy · 1h 1m

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde — book cover

An Ideal Husband

Oscar Wilde

Fiction · 2h 3m

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey — book cover

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

Fiction · 2h 34m

A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson — book cover

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction · 36 min

The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill — book cover

The Subjection of Women

John Stuart Mill

Philosophy · 2h 54m

Othello by William Shakespeare — book cover

Othello

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 1h 50m

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame — book cover

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Fiction · 3h 53m

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah H. Bradford — book cover

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

Sarah H. Bradford

Fiction · 1h 44m

Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde — book cover

Lady Windermere's Fan

Oscar Wilde

Fiction · 1h 19m

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius — book cover

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius

Philosophy · 2h 50m

The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer — book cover

The Pursuit of God

A. W. Tozer

Fiction · 1h 56m

Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy — book cover

Master and Man

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction · 1h 17m

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane — book cover

The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

Fiction · 3h 4m

Dubliners by James Joyce — book cover

Dubliners

James Joyce

Fiction · 4h 30m

Utopia by Thomas More — book cover

Utopia

Thomas More

Philosophy · 2h 54m

The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle — book cover

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction · 2h 52m

In Praise of Folly: Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus — book cover

In Praise of Folly: Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts

Desiderius Erasmus

Fiction · 2h 58m

The Yellow Horde by Hal G. Evarts — book cover

The Yellow Horde

Hal G. Evarts

Adventure · 2h 27m

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle — book cover

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction · 6h 57m

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin — book cover

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Business Classics · 4h 58m

Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack — book cover

Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship

George Jack

Fiction · 2h 42m

India's Love Lyrics by Laurence Hope — book cover

India's Love Lyrics

Laurence Hope

Romance · 1h 28m

Silas Marner by George Eliot — book cover

Silas Marner

George Eliot

Fiction · 4h 43m

The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy: A Book for Young and Old by Florence Partello Stuart — book cover

The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy: A Book for Young and Old

Florence Partello Stuart

Adventure · 2h 59m

The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay by Mary Wollstonecraft — book cover

The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay

Mary Wollstonecraft

Romance · 2h 8m

Common Sense by Thomas Paine — book cover

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Philosophy · 1h 28m

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens — book cover

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Fiction · 1h 54m

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu — book cover

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Philosophy · 43 min

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell — book cover

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Fiction · 3h 58m

Shadows in Zamboula by Robert E. Howard — book cover

Shadows in Zamboula

Robert E. Howard

Adventure · 48 min

The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson Seton — book cover

The Biography of a Grizzly

Ernest Thompson Seton

Fiction · 57 min

Phaedo by Plato — book cover

Phaedo

Plato

Philosophy · 2h 50m

Hamlet by William Shakespeare — book cover

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 2h 6m

King Lear by William Shakespeare — book cover

King Lear

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 1h 49m

Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare — book cover

Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare

Romance · 1h 29m

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau — book cover

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy · 2h 58m

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac — book cover

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

Honoré de Balzac

Romance · 1h 26m

Daisy Miller by Henry James — book cover

Daisy Miller

Henry James

Fiction · 1h 25m

Jewels of Gwahlur by Robert E. Howard — book cover

Jewels of Gwahlur

Robert E. Howard

Adventure · 1h 9m

Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll — book cover

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll

Fiction · 1h 58m

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum — book cover

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

L. Frank Baum

Fiction · 2h 47m

The Ultimate Weapon by John W., Jr. Campbell — book cover

The Ultimate Weapon

John W., Jr. Campbell

Adventure · 2h 2m

Golden Moments: Bright Stories for Young Folks by Anonymous — book cover

Golden Moments: Bright Stories for Young Folks

Anonymous

Fiction · 2h 40m

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill — book cover

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

Philosophy · 3h 11m

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky — book cover

Notes from the Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction · 2h 56m

The silent Baltic : $b or, Detained near Kiel by Marcus Knox — book cover

The silent Baltic : $b or, Detained near Kiel

Marcus Knox

Fiction · 37 min

The Analects of Confucius by Confucius — book cover

The Analects of Confucius

Confucius

Philosophy · 1h 57m

The World I Live In by Helen Keller — book cover

The World I Live In

Helen Keller

Fiction · 1h 44m

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare — book cover

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 1h 42m

The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army by Margaret Vandercook — book cover

The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army

Margaret Vandercook

Adventure · 2h 55m

The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton — book cover

The Ballad of the White Horse

G. K. Chesterton

Fiction · 1h 10m

Wizard by Laurence M. Janifer — book cover

Wizard

Laurence M. Janifer

Adventure · 29 min

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson — book cover

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Mary White Rowlandson

Fiction · 1h 20m

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton — book cover

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

Fiction · 2h 17m

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott — book cover

Flatland

Edwin A. Abbott

Fiction · 2h 15m

A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi — book cover

A Japanese Boy

Shigemi Shiukichi

Fiction · 2h 7m

Macbeth by William Shakespeare — book cover

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 1h 11m

Oedipus King of Thebes: Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles — book cover

Oedipus King of Thebes: Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

Sophocles

Fiction · 1h 13m

At the mountains of madness by H. P. Lovecraft — book cover

At the mountains of madness

H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction · 2h 38m

The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan — book cover

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

Fiction · 2h 43m

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson — book cover

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete

Emily Dickinson

Fiction · 2h 3m