Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells, chapter 2, The Man Who Was Going Nowhere, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:Edward Prendick awakes on a schooner in a semi delirious state. A large man with lank hair is sitting in font of him seemingly waiti...
Mar 01, 2024•8 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 32, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummaryHuckleberry Finn makes his way onto the Phelps’ farm with the goal of finding out where Jim is being held. He scopes out the area and details the farm for the audience. Onc...
Feb 28, 2024•14 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 31, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummaryThe men and Huck make their way down the river again, and after traveling a couple of miles, the Duke and the King go back to scamming people. After several failed frauds t...
Feb 25, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells, chapter 1, In the Dingy of the Lady Vain, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummary Edward Prendick opens the story of his time on Dr Moreau's island by recounting the story of how he got there. After a ship cal...
Feb 23, 2024•8 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 30, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummaryThe King and the Duke make it onboard the raft and throttle Huck, asking what he was trying to do by escaping without them. Huck comes up with a very convincing lie to tell...
Feb 21, 2024•9 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARYAn old man and a younger gentleman are escorted towards the house by a group of villagers, from the first word out of the eldest of them, Huck can tell right away that these people are the Real relatives of the Wilks family. The Duke and the...
Feb 18, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells, Foreword, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummary The book opens with the main character's nephew writing a foreword to his Uncle's Novelised journal entries. It appears that Mr. Edward Prendick went missing for a ...
Feb 16, 2024•4 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 28, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummary:As the morning comes, Huck makes his way out of his room and comes across Mary-Jane crying. She is upset about The King and The Duke separating their slaves. Huck can’t he...
Feb 14, 2024•22 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 27Huck goes along with his plan and he sneaks downstairs to try and find a hiding spot for the bag of gold. The front door is locked and he starts to hear someone coming so he heads into the nearest room, the one with the coffin, and Huck decides to hide the gold in the coffin. Huck then makes his way back upstairs and starts to worry that the gold is going to be found when the coffin lid is screwed ...
Feb 11, 2024•16 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSummaryA poor wife is distraught as she has only been able to save up a tiny bit of money for her husband's Christmas present, and she feels that she will never be able to get him somethin...
Feb 09, 2024•16 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 26When everyone else has left, the daughters lead the men up to their rooms, with Mary-Jane offering to sleep in a different room to leave the King her bed. They then have a large dinner and after everyone has eaten, Huckleberry Finn and the servant girl eat in the kitchen. The servant girl starts to grill Huck about England and he starts to tell her that the King of England goes to his church with t...
Feb 07, 2024•17 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 25The men make their way to the house and they meet all of their “Brother’s” relatives. The daughters immediately fling themselves into the Duke and the King’s arms. The King then looks over and sees the coffin, and after signalling the Duke, they make their way over to it and immediately burst into the most powerful sobs. The whole gathered crowd join in with the tears, and with an “Amen,” the crowd...
Feb 04, 2024•19 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Part 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Headless Horseman is one of the most famous figures in pulp fiction. Join me as I narrate the seconds part of one of the most famous short stories of all time, and introduce you to Ichabod Crane. Subscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/ch...
Feb 02, 2024•39 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 24, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe gang lands on a towhead between two towns, and the Duke and King start scheming again. Jim protests having to be tied up for so long, so the Duke decides to try and paint Jim with different colours to make him appear sick so that if anyone comes near, they won’t interfere with him. Following this, the Duke heads to one town to scout it out, and the King and Huck head...
Jan 31, 2024•13 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 23The Duke and the King spend the next day rigging up a stage and curtains and lights, and as night approaches, the tent fills full of people. The Duke does a small introduction, and the opens the curtain. The King jumps out on all fours, completely naked and covered in paint. The crowd roars with laughter and asks the King to perform it another 4 times. After this, the Duke then steps forward and cl...
Jan 28, 2024•15 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Part 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Headless Horseman is one of the most famous figures in pulp fiction. Join me as I narrate the first part of one of the most famous short stories of all time, and introduce you to Ichabod Crane. Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96...
Jan 26, 2024•38 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 22, narrated by Isaac BirchallA mob forms and makes its way towards Colonel Shever’s house with the goal to lynch him. Pretty much the whole town is involved with the mob, and Huck is the most shocked to see that it is the children that are at the front of the pack. The mob tares down the fence and as the mob crosses the threshold, the Colonel steps out onto his roof with his gun in his hand. The Col...
Jan 24, 2024•15 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 21The Duke and the King continue practicing their Shakespeare long into the day. After dinner, the Duke suggests that they add an encore, and convinces the King to perform Hamlet’s soliloquy. The Duke doesn’t have it in his book but claims that he could recollect it. Eventually it comes to him, and though it doesn’t resemble the soliloquy, and the Duke has mixed multiple plays together, it is a good ...
Jan 21, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinThe Most dangerous game follows an American hunter as he ends up marooned on an island in the Caribbean after falling off of a ship he was taking to South America. Once he arrive...
Jan 19, 2024•59 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 20, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Duke and the King start asking Jim and Huck questions, and Huck has to come up with another fake backstory about how Jim came into his possession, and why they’re on the river. They then try to come up with a plan to run in daytime too. As night begins to fall, the Duke and the King make their way into the wigwam, and they determine that because they are nobility, th...
Jan 17, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 19, narrated by Isaac BirchallHuck and Jim are adrift down the river again, they spend their days sleeping and their nights making their way down the river. The tie up on towheads and cast their lines into the river to feed themselves. Huck reminisces about these good days, but you can’t help but feel that these good, peaceful times are foreshadowing another darkness. Huck and Jim spend their days ju...
Jan 13, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinJoin the Book Club for Exclusive Audiobookswww.patreon.com/theessentialreadsThe Tell-Tale Heart follows a narrator as he tried to convince the reader that he is sane. The trouble is that he is anything but sane. He has murdered his landlord because of their evil blue eye, and has hidden the body under th...
Jan 12, 2024•18 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 18, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe colonel is a true southern gentleman, he treats everyone with respect, and talks gently. He is shaved every day, and dresses impeccably. He radiates a warmth from him that is very comforting. When he and his wife come downstairs each morning, all members of the family stand up and drink a toast to the elders of the family. Huck then goes on to describe the other memb...
Jan 10, 2024•27 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 17, narrated by Isaac BirchallA head pokes out of one of the windows of the house and calls out to Huck asking him who he is and what he is doing on their property. Huck gives a fake name and tells the man that he fell off of a ferry boat and made his way to shore to look for help. The man asks Huck if he came with anyone else, and when Huck says “No,” he is asked to approach the house, slowly. Huck ...
Jan 07, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe unnamed narrator sits in his chamber on a dark and dreary December night, reading old books to try and distract himself from the passing of his love "Lenore." He has just started to drift off to sleep when he hears a knocking at the door. He is weary at first, not knowing if the noise was real or dreamed. He calls out to the "knocker" and apologises for is lateness, but when he f...
Jan 05, 2024•12 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 16, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe boys are continuing to make their way to Cairo where Jim could finally be free. As the get closer Jim starts rambling about all of his plans once free; he wants to start working right away and wants to save enough money to but his wife and children. This freaks Huck out, he is very conflicted about helping Jim get to freedom, especially helping him get to freedom whe...
Jan 03, 2024•21 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, chapter 15, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe boys are making their way down to the free states, but as a fog rolls in the boys have trouble heading their way. They try to paddle towards a towhead and hunker down for the night, but the reeds aren’t thick enough to attach to. The canoe and raft break off, and split off with Huck going one way, and Jim the other; with the fog too thick to see through, the boys ha...
Dec 31, 2023•16 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 14, narrated by Isaac BirchallAfter finally waking up, Jim and Huck go through the loot of the gang members. They find are as rich as they have ever been and while smoking cigars that they found, Huck tells Jim all about the gang members. Jim then proceeds to tell Jim about kings and royalty, and Jim is very interested in their history; the only king he can think of is King Solomon. Jim is confused a...
Dec 26, 2023•12 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, chapter 13. narrated by Isaac BirchallHuck and Jim are in a spot of trouble their raft has snapped loose and they need to find their way across the ship to try and steal the Gang members’ skiff. Eventually they see it, but right next to Huck the door slams open and the gang members clamber into their boat. They soon realise that they left their prisoner with his loot, and they go back into the boat to get ...
Dec 24, 2023•12 min
Send me a message. What do you think about the book/podHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 12, narrated by Isaac BirchallJim and Huck finally make their way past the end of the island, and they realise that in their hurry, they forgot to load anything in the canoe, everything is in the raft. In the day, they pull up on a towhead, and they spend their morning watching the steamboats go by as Huck tells Jim about the conversation that he had with the woman. When night fell, Jim used some spa...
Dec 20, 2023•18 min
