Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 2 chapter 6, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Raskolnikov is suddenly clearheaded and gets out of bed, puts on his new clothes, and leaves the apartment. Wandering the streets he questions passing pedestrians. He enters a café called the Crystal Palace, and...
Jun 29, 2025•59 min
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 7, 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 decides that he needs a way to defend himself against the Morlocks. He has to revise his theories, and over the next few days he realises that he meat he saw underground must have been from an Eloi... He becomes mor...
Jun 27, 2025•17 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 2 chapter 5, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The man in the doorway introduces himself and Luzhin, Dunya's Fiancé. he is pompous and has an air of wanting to impress about him. He is distrustful of Razumikhin's friendly manner. He tries to make a show of b...
Jun 25, 2025•31 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 2 chapter 4, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Zossimov is a pompous, well dressed man. He accepts to come to Razumikhin's housewarming party at which Zamyotov will be present. Zossimov. Razumikhin, and Nastasya discuss the murder of the Pawnbroker and he si...
Jun 22, 2025•30 min
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 6, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The Time Traveller determines that in order for him to get his Time Machine back, he must enter the underground world of the Morlocks. In the distance he sees a tall building that looks as though it is made of green porcelain, but...
Jun 20, 2025•14 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 2 chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Raskolnikov starts to hallucinate and feels extremely weak. He wakes up one morning surrounded by Nastasya, Razumikhin, his landlady, and a stranger. The stranger brings him 35 rubles from his mother. Raskolniko...
Jun 18, 2025•41 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 2 chapter 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Raskolnikov goes to his room and collects his stolen objects from the hole in the wall and goes for a walk. he thinks about dumping them in the river but winds up burying them on a construction site. He walks ar...
Jun 15, 2025•34 min
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 5, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: As the Time Traveller is reflecting on his theories, it starts to get dark and he makes his way back to his Time Machine. As he gets closer to it however, something is wrong. He swears that this is the place that he left it, but i...
Jun 13, 2025•40 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 2 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: After a night of terrible sleep, Raskolnikov frantically examines his clothes for traces of blood. In one of his pockets he discovered the stolen items and he tries to hide them. He starts to believe that his menta...
Jun 11, 2025•52 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 6, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The old woman lets Raskolnikov into her apartment. He presents her with his fake silver cigarette case that is elaborately wrapped. As she turns away to untie Raskolnikov gets the axe from his coat. After attack...
Jun 08, 2025•38 min
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells 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/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The Time Traveller goes on to explain that the creatures around him spoke with a “sweet and liquid tongue.” They seemed to be free of fear, and he felt safe with them. He removes the control lever from the machine to stop anyone el...
Jun 06, 2025•25 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 6, 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 narrator describes how Raskolnikov first came the the idea of killing Alyona Ivanovna. He developed a strong hatred of the woman from the first sight of her. Soon afterwards, in a bar, he heard another person t...
Jun 04, 2025•39 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 5, 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: Raskolnikov decides not to meet his friend until he has gone through with his crime, if he does ever commit it. After drinking, he falls asleep in a grassy area nearby. He dreams of an event in his childhood where ...
Jun 01, 2025•33 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 ...
May 30, 2025•15 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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...
May 28, 2025•38 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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,...
May 25, 2025•36 min
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 e...
May 23, 2025•13 min
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...
May 21, 2025•52 min
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac Birchall Subscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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....
May 18, 2025•24 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 ...
May 16, 2025•21 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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...
May 14, 2025•28 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 ...
May 11, 2025•21 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: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. Farq...
May 09, 2025•16 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 ...
May 07, 2025•24 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 re...
May 04, 2025•13 min
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/theessentialreads https://www.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: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...
May 02, 2025•4 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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...
Apr 30, 2025•14 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 Height...
Apr 27, 2025•15 min
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/theessentialreads https://www.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: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 ma...
Apr 25, 2025•8 min
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 :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: 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 ...
Apr 23, 2025•16 min
