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The Essential Reads

The Essential Reads podcast is a collection of classic audiobooks from your favourite authors such as Orson wells, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Mary Shelley, and many more, narrated by Isaac Birchall. Join Isaac on his journey to help get these books to the masses in an easy accessible way. Support the show and Join the Book Club https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

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00:14:33

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 3 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/30

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveller climbs onto his machine and pushes the “forward” lever a little. He felt a lurch and dizzy sensation and pulled the lever back to its original spot… 5 hours had passed. He then decided to push the lever all the way

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00:38:15

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1...

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/28

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 4, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: On his walk Raskolnikov decides that he will not let his sister marry the man his mother wrote about. He will not let his sister suffer to benefit him. Luzhin sounds disrespectful, and Raskolnikov starts to hate the

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00:35:30

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1...

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/25

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The next morning, Raskolnikov is awakened by the maid Natasya who brings him a letter from his mother. Natasya tells him that the Landlord is going to try and evict him for his late rent payments. In the letter, his

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00:13:26

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 2 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/23

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The following week, the Narrator returns to the Time Traveller’s home for dinner. The guests include a couple of guests form the previous week, and some new men. They have been told to start dinner without their host. When the host

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00:51:49

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1...

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/21

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: Inside the bar, Raskolnikov meets a drunk man who looks like a retired government official. The Man’s appearance has suffered as a result of his drinking habits. Although his clothes are ruinous, the man manages to

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00:23:48

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1...

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/18

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: A young man leaves his boarding house by the back stairs, not wanting to see his landlady, to whom he is in debt. The man has fallen into a state of nervous depression akin to hypochondria and so avoids people. As he

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00:20:53

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 1 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/16

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveler is in his home, speaking to a group of men, including the Narrator. He is giving a lecture on the fourth dimension. He tells them that a cube does not only exist in space, but also in time. He goes on further to claim

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00:27:30

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 34 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/14

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 34, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: As time passes, Heathcliff becomes more solitary and he begins to eat and drink less and less, eventually only eating one meal per day. A few days after his fight with Cathy, he spent the whole night walking on the moors, and he

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00:20:56

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 33 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/11

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 33, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: At breakfast one morning, Cathy and Heathcliff get into a huge argument over her inheritance and her relationship with Hareton. Heathcliff grabs her, and goes to strike her, but when he looks at her face he lets her go - having seeing

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00:16:25

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Part 3 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/09

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Part 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:Part 3 brings us back to the present on Own Creek Bridge where Farquhar is to be hanged. He loses consciousness and falls into the river below the bridge as the rope snapped. He awakens to a strong pain running through his body. Farquhar

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00:24:14

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 32 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/07

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 32, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: About 6 months have passed and Lockwood has been invited to visit the North by a friend of his. On his journey he crosses paths with a farmer who remarks a cart that is apparently too late for its harvest. The man also mentions

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00:13:19

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 31 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/04

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 31, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: Lockwood heads to Wuthering Heights to end his lease at the Grange. He brings a note from Nelly to give to Cathy. Hareton first takes the note, but when Cathy cries, he gives it back to her. He has been struggling to learn to read

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00:03:58

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Part 2 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/05/02

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Part 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:In Part 2 we find out that Farquhar was as successful plantation owner who was devoted to the Southern Cause. One day, while he and his wife sitting on their patio, a grey-clad soldier rode up to

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00:14:14

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 30 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/30

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 30, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: Nelly has not seen Cathy since she left, and her only source of information of the goings on at the Heights is Zillah. Zillah says that Heathcliff forbade anyone from acting kindly towards Cathy, and says that Cathy must tend to Linton

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00:14:35

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 29 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/27

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 29, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: Heathcliff appears at the Grange shortly after the funeral of Linton to take Cathy to Wuthering Heights. He tells her that he punished Linton for helping her escape, and says that she will have to work for her keep at the Heights

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00:07:43

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Part 1 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/25

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Part 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:Peyton Farquhar is standing on a railroad bridge, twenty feet above the water. His wrists are bound and there is a rope tied around his neck. He is positioned on loose planks that have been made into

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00:15:42

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 28 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/23

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 28, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: At last, Zillah frees Nelly from her imprisonment, telling her that the villagers in Gimmerton have been saying that both Nelly and Cathy were lost on the moors. Nelly searches through the house for Cathy, but only finds Linton who

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00:29:52

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 27 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/20

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 27, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: Over the next week, Edgar's health gets worse and worse. Worried about her father, Cathy reluctantly rides to her meeting with Linton. Linton seems more nervous than normal during their meeting, and he eventually reveals that

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00:10:20

The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs Part 3 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/18

The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs Part 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join⁠The White family buries their son. After a few days pass, both Mr. and Mrs. White are exhausted. One evening Mr. White wakes up and hears his wife crying next to an open window. He tries to convince her tom come back to bed, but she refuses

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00:10:04

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 26 | Audiobook

The Essential Reads ·

2025/04/16

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 26, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: When Cathy and Nelly go to their meeting with Linton, they don't find him where they agreed to meet. He has not gone far from the heights. He looks frail and weak, but he says that he is improving. The boy looks nervous and seems

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