The Essential Reads

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

Episodes

April 30, 2025 14 mins

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...

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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, ...

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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 aroun...

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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. Nell...

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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 t...

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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 win...

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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...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 25, 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 stops her story briefly to tell Lockwood that all of what she just described happened only last Winter. Nelly says that she would never have guessed that in onl...

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The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs 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.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join⁠The following morning, on a sunny Winter's day, the rooms seems bright and cheerful after the previous evening's events. Mrs. White comments on how silly the Sergea...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 24, 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 Nelly recovers, she notices Cathy's strange behaviour and soon discovers that she has been riding to the Heights after she and Mr Linton were in bed. Cathy ...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 23, 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, Cathy and Nelly ride to Wuthering Heights in the pouring rain. They find Linton whining like usual. He talks to Cathy about the possibility of getti...

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The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs Part 1, narrated by Isaac Birchall

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https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinOn a dark and stormy night, the white family are sitting inside their cozy home. Herbert White and his father are playing chess while Mrs White knits. Mr White complains about ...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 22, 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: Edgar Linton's health beings to fail him, and he has to spend less time with Cathy. Nelly attempts to fill the void, but in vain. On a Winter's day on a walk ...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 21, 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: Cathy is distraught over her cousin's departure from Thrushcross Grange. Nelly tries to keep informed on Linton's wellbeing by asking Wuthering Heights' h...

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The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 12 The Strange Story of Jonathan Small, 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: Watson heads back to Baker Street and shows Jones and Holmes the empty Treasure Ches...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 20, 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: Nelly gets orders to take Linton to Wuthering Heights. On the way Linton asks plenty of questions about his father, saying th...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 19, 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: Edgar brings the boy Linton to Thrushcross Grange, and Cathy is very disappointed to discover that her cousin, is a weak, sma...

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The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 11 The Great Agra Treasure, 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: The police take the boat back to the shore and talk with Jonathan Small. He tells them that he w...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 18, 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: Cathy grows up at Thrushcross Grange, and at the age of 13 she is a intelligent, beautiful, and temperamental girl. Her fathe...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 17, 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: Not long after the funeral, Isabella arrives at Thrushcross Grange, laughing like a madwoman, and out of breath. She has come...

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