HeyJaredThe 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.
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 51 | Audiobook (opens the original)
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 51 "Meeting Again" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join Podcast Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/13b1qP3WhCWxam9yc49vIF?si=4e279ef4f5f143a0 Summary:It is a very hot summer evening, and Edith goes into Margaret’s room. Edith tells Dixon that she should get some pomegrana
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 50 | Audiobook (opens the original)
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 50 "Changes At Milton" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join Summary:Milton is continually moving and everyone is either anxious or happy, and the happy are very few. The businesses are struggling to compete against American competition. People think that Mr. Thornton is sa
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 49 | Audiobook (opens the original)
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 49 "Breathing Tranquility" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join Summary:Edith asks her husband if Margaret has inherited Mr. Bell’s estate, but he is oblivious to the answer and assumes that he cannot have had much money as a simple fellow at a college. The following week,
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 48 | Audiobook (opens the original)
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 48 "Ne'er To Be Found Again" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join Summary:The dinner parties in London are full of Edith’s beautiful friends, the Captain’s knowledge of the day, and Henry and his friends’ wit and cleverness. The dinners are delightful, but Margaret is fore
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 47 | Audiobook (opens the original)
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 47 "Something Wanting" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join Summary:Dixon has returned from Milton to take up her post as Margaret’s maid. She is full of gossip from the city, and regales Margaret with her tales about the happenings. Mr. Bell sent many letters to Dixon abo
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