The Essential Reads

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 4 "Doubts and Difficulties", 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:Mr Lennox is gone and the house is being closed for the evening. While waiting for her...

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 3 "The More Haste The Worse Speed", 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:Mr Henry Lennox has come to visit, and he is greeted happily by Margaret. He let...

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 2 "Roses and Thorns", 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:Margret is traveling home with her father after Edith’s wedding. Her mother did not join them...

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 1 "A Haste to the Wedding", 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:North and South opens with Margret and her cousin Edith in one of the back drawing rooms...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 50, 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:After a strong resistance from Mrs. Ferrars, Edward was finally admitted to see her and became once again her son. After...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 49, 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:It is indeed true that Edward is free and more importantly, has come to Barton to ask Elanor to marry him. She readily acc...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 48, 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:Elanor is devastated. She admits that she always gets a hope in her heart that something would happen to prevent Edward fr...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 47, 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:Mrs Dashwood listened attentively to Elanor’s tale of Willoughby. She feels pity for him, but does not fully forgive him,...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 46, 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:Marianne slowly starts to get better at the Palmers, and very soon, the Dashwoods return to Barton. The journey takes them...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 45, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club and support me as an independent creator :D ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join ⁠Summary:Elanor is very shocked after her meeting with Willoughby, but still feels some compassion for him after his confession and apology. W...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 44, 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:Elanor instantly tries to flee from him, but he orders her to listen. He says that he has business with Elanor, and in her...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 43, 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:Marianne got up the next morning as usual, but as the day progressed, she started shivering and got sicker, and sicker. Th...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 42, 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:It is noted by Elanor that everyone in their entourage seems to believe that a union between her and the Colonel is a cert...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 41, 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:Edward, after seeing the Colonel, told the good news to Lucy, and she says that she has never seen him happier. After a fe...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 40, 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 soon as Colonel Brandon leaves, Mrs Jennings goes to Elanor and suggests that she knows exactly what he proposed to her...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 39, 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 Dashwood girls finally fix a date for their departure from London. The Palmers are going to go to Cleveland, which is...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 38, 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:Mrs. Jennings is full of praise for Edward after hearing the news of all that passed between his family and himself. The D...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 37, 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 doing her rounds to visit her daughter, Mrs. Jennings comes to Elanor with some gossip. She comes to say, that Mrs John...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 36, 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:After several days, Mrs. Palmer gives birth, and Mrs. Jennings finally leaves the girls alone, and though the Dashwoods wo...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen chapter 35, 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:Elanor has seen enough of Mrs. Ferrars to comprehend all of the difficulties that existed between Edward and herself. Lucy...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 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:Mrs. John Dashwood, and Lady Middleton seem to get along very well, both being snobbish and too proud. Elanor wishes to k...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 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:Elanor has finally succeeded in getting Marianne out of the house, on the condition that they do not visit anyone. Elanor...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 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:Marianne is told Colonel Brandon’s story by her sister, and while she seems to accept what has been said, her mind is not...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 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:Marianne awakes the next day as miserable as she was the day before, but a little more rested. The girls talk over everyth...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 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:Mrs Jennings comes to see the girls as soon as she comes home and announces to the girls that she has been informed of Wil...