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• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 4 chapter 3 | Audiobook

  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 4 chapter 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/joinhttps://open.spotify.com/show/13b1qP3WhCWxam9yc49vIF?si=3b8907ab0f1045af SUMMARY: After Luzhin leaves, the group is overjoyed. Razumikhin is the happiest of them all. Raskolnikov becomes anxious again. He tells that that Svidrigailov is offering to give Dunya 10000 Rubles, which both women refuse. Razumikhin offers to protect Dunya from the man, which she consents to. He suggests that Dunya and her mother stay in St Petersburg and suggests that they all go into the publishing business together. Dunya is thrilled with the idea and Raskolnikov agrees that it is a good idea too. But Raskolnikov suddenly gets up to leave. He has decided that he needs to separate himself from his family and Razumikhin for a while and that they mustn't pursue him. The rest of the group is shocked and Razumikhin follows him out into the hall, but Raskolnikov sends him back. He tells Razumikhin to stay with Pulcheria Alexandrovna and Dunya. The two stare at each other, and Razumikhin realises that Raskolnikov is the murderer. He returns to the table.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...Welcome to this narration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, bringing you another chapter of this incredible literary classic. In this literary fiction reading, we explore the depths of Russian literature as the a desperate young Russian man, Raskolnikov, plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman who no one will mourn. It isn't just, he argues, for a man of of genius to commit a crime if it will ultimately benefit humanity. A powerful psychological study and a terrifying, thrilling murder mystery, filled with philosophical, religious and social commentary.Join me for this Crime and Punishment novel audiobook as we delve into themes of crime, social commentary, and Right and Wrong.Russian Literature, Dostoyevsky Audiobook, Classic Literature

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• The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 12 & Epilogue | Audiobook

  The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 12 and Epilogue, 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 concludes his story by telling his friends what he did immediately after arriving back in the modern day. The Guests are speechless and very skeptical. For a moment it seems that the Time Traveler has lost his memory but he recovers his composure on seeing the time machine. He guests leave, all still skeptical, except for the narrator, and the following day, he is the only person to return. The Time Traveler greets him happily with a camera in his hand, saying that if he would only wait for a 30 minutes, he will return with all of the proof he needs. The Narrator picks up the story 3 years later, saying that the Time Traveler never returned. He wonders where he could be, and hope that he is alright. All that is left of the Time Machine's voyage, are two strange little flowers that the narrator kept, proof that the human spirit of tenderness lives on.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature

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• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 4 chapter 2 | Audiobook

  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 4 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/joinhttps://open.spotify.com/show/13b1qP3WhCWxam9yc49vIF?si=3b8907ab0f1045af SUMMARY: Razumikhin and Raskolnikov walk to meet Dunya and Pulcheria Alexandrovna, and on the way, Razumikhin informs Raskolnikov that he has seen Porfiry, and says that he is certain that the detectives suspect Raskolnikov. They meet Luzhuin when they arrive and they don't say a word to him. They are greeted by Raskolnikov's mother and sister, and sit around the table. Luzhin's pride is hurt by Raskolnikov's presence and he resolves to punish the women for it. He upsets Dunya and Pulcheria Alexandrovna by telling them that Svidrigailov in in town. He goes on to describe the crime that the man committed in the past, but Dunya rejects this as mere gossip. Raskolnikov finally talks, saying that Svidrigailov visited him, and tells them about the money that Marfa Petrovna left for her. Dunya then confronts Luzhin about his annoyance at her brother's presence, and Luzhin offends everyone in the room with his response. There is an angry confrontation between mother, daughter, and son, verses fiancé. Dunya orders him to leave and he does so only after insulting them. He now holds a deep hatred for Raskolnikov, and is strangely still convinced that he has chances with Dunya.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...Welcome to this narration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, bringing you another chapter of this incredible literary classic. In this literary fiction reading, we explore the depths of Russian literature as the a desperate young Russian man, Raskolnikov, plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman who no one will mourn. It isn't just, he argues, for a man of of genius to commit a crime if it will ultimately benefit humanity. A powerful psychological study and a terrifying, thrilling murder mystery, filled with philosophical, religious and social commentary.Join me for this Crime and Punishment novel audiobook as we delve into themes of crime, social commentary, and Right and Wrong.Russian Literature, Dostoyevsky Audiobook, Classic Literature

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• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 4 chapter 1 | Audiobook

  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 4 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/joinhttps://open.spotify.com/show/13b1qP3WhCWxam9yc49vIF?si=3b8907ab0f1045af SUMMARY: Svidrigailov explains that he has come to Raskolnikov to ask for his help in his quest to be with his sister. Svidrigailov says that he only has good intentions towards Dunya, and that all of the rumours about him are false. He says that he was not a monster but a slave to passion. He then tells Raskolnikov that he was nearly imprisoned for some financial reasons, and that Marfa Petrovna paid his debts for him and then married him. He claims too that he was visited by the ghost of his wife on 3 occasions, and Raskolnikov starts to wonder if this man is insane. Svidrigailov says that he has heard of Dunya's engagement to Luzhin, a relative of his, and offers to break off their engagement for Raskolnikov, saying that if Raskolnikov has met him, then he will know that Luzhin isn't a good man. Svidrigailov says that he wants to give Dunya 10000 rubles as an apology for his past behaviour before he either marries her or travels. Raskolnikov assures him that Dunya would refuse this offer. Svidrigailov says also, that his late wife left Dunya 3000 rubles in her will, and then leaves the apartment. SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...Welcome to this narration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, bringing you another chapter of this incredible literary classic. In this literary fiction reading, we explore the depths of Russian literature as the a desperate young Russian man, Raskolnikov, plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman who no one will mourn. It isn't just, he argues, for a man of of genius to commit a crime if it will ultimately benefit humanity. A powerful psychological study and a terrifying, thrilling murder mystery, filled with philosophical, religious and social commentary.Join me for this Crime and Punishment novel audiobook as we delve into themes of crime, social commentary, and Right and Wrong.Russian Literature, Dostoyevsky Audiobook, Classic Literature

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• The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 11 | Audiobook

  The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 11, 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 flies into the future at a speed of 1000's of years per second. He notices that the day and night cycle starts to end, and the sun grows larger and redder. Finally he notices that the Earth has stopped rotating. He brings the machine to a stop and finds himself on a beach. Green vegetation covers every surface that isn't in the sunlight. Behind him, on a hill, he sees a huge moth flying over it. He turns and sees a huge rock that starts to move and while looking at it, he feels something brushing against his neck, another crab. In fear he pushes the machine further into the future. He stops the machine every hundred years or so to watch the earth ebb away. Finally 30 million years into the future and he comes to a stop. The air is bitterly cold and the only sign of life is some lichen. The air is very thin, and while nearly on the verge of fainting, he pushes the machine back into the past.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature

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