The Essential Reads

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 6, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Hindley and his new wife return to Wuthering Heights for Mr Earnshaw's funeral. Hi...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 5, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Time goes on and Mr Earnshaw becomes ill and weak. Disgusted at his son's treatmen...

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 4 The Story of the Bald-Headed man, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: After being led down the hall and into a wonderf...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 4, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: After spending a day in Solitude, Lockwood becomes lonely. When the house keeper Nelly...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë chapter 3, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Zillah takes Lockwood to an out-of-the-way room which Heathcliff has forbidden from vi...

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 3 In Quest of a Solution, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Holmes comes back to 221b Baker Street in good spirits. He...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: On a cold afternoon not long after his arrival, Lockwood makes his way towards Wuthing...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Writing in his Diary, Mr Lockwood describes his first days at Thrushcross Grange, a sm...

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 2 The Statement of the Case, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Miss Morstan comes into the room and tells Holmes and W...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 20, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: That night, Dorian goes to the locked schoolroom where he keeps his portrait....

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 19, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Several weeks have passed and Dorian goes to visit Lord Henry. Dorian claims...

The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 1 The Science of Deduction, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Sherlock Holmes is sitting in his chair at Baker Str...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 18, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The following day Dorian refuse to leave the house, and thoughts of falling v...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 17, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: A week later, Dorian is entertaining guests at his home, Selby. He talks with...

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 14 The Conclusion, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY:Soon after Hope gives his statement, he passes away from a heart conditio...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 16, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: As he makes his way to the opium dens, he recites Lord Henry’s credo of “To c...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 15, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: That evening Dorian goes to a dinner party where he flirts effortlessly with...

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 11 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson MD 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Dr Watson takes over the narrative...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 14, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The next morning, Dorian awakes feeling incredibly well rested. When he think...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 13, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Dorian takes Basil up to his locked study. Inside, lighting a candle, Dorian...

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 12 The Avenging Angels 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY:The three fugitives continue their journey through the mountains. Hop...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 12, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: On the eve of his 38th birthday, Dorian runs into Basil on a thick fogged nig...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 11, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Under the influence of Lord Henry’s book, Dorian begins to change. He orders...

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 11 A Flight for Life 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: The day after his meeting, Ferrier travels to town to send a letter to...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde chapter 10, 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.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Once Basil leaves, Dorian gets his servant Victor to go to a local frame make...