Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 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/joinSUMMARY: Inside the bar, Raskolnikov meets a drunk man who looks like a retired government official. The Man’s appearance has suffered as a result of his drinking habits. Although his clothes are ruinous, the man manages to maintain an air of dignity about him. The man heads over to Raskolnikov, and proceeds to tell his life story. He claims his drunkenness and says that he is married to a man of a noble background. She married him out of desperation after her first marriage ended in ruin. The man had a daughter of his own, named Sonya, who has become a sex worker to support her family. The man, Marmeladov, managed to get his old job back in the civil service, but he lost it in a fit of drunkenness, and he hasn’t been home in 5 days. Throughout his story, Marmeladov flits between self-reproach and justification of his state. He leaves the tavern to finally head home with Raskolnikov. The man Marmeladov’s home is a in a sorry state, his children and wife are starving. When Marmeladov enters, his wife grabs and scolds him, and the other tenants come to mock the couple. As Raskolnikov leaves, he leaves them some money he had in his pocket. He distains the Marmeladov family, especially for forcing Sonya to sacrifice herself to support them.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

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 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/joinSUMMARY: A young man leaves his boarding house by the back stairs, not wanting to see his landlady, to whom he is in debt. The man has fallen into a state of nervous depression akin to hypochondria and so avoids people. As he leaves, the young man's thoughts turn to an extreme act that he is thinking about committing. He thinks that he isn't capable of doing it as he can't even face his landlady about his late rent. The young man is tall and handsome, with dark hair and fine dark eyes. The young man wears tattered clothes and looks like he could be homeless and the young man feels no embarrassment about his appearance. He walks, in a trace like state while reflecting on the act that he is planning to commit. He is at the moment doing a "test run," and arrives at his destination, the home of Alyona Ivanovna, a pawnbroker. As he walks up the stairs he takes in the scene, and notes that the German clerk that used to live there has moved out, making is act easier to commit. The Pawnbroker is a very old woman with a chicken leg like neck. Her home is full of ugly furniture, but it is all immaculately clean, thanks to the work of the woman's younger sister. The woman treats the young man, Raskolnikov, poorly and reminds him of the money he owes her, and offering him a terrible price for a silver watch he wants to pawn. He decides to pawn the watch nonetheless so that he can watch the woman and observe her apartment so he can commit his crime. The woman keeps all of her money and pawned items in a chest in her room that is out of view. Before leaving, Raskolnikov tells her that he will be back in a few more days with better item. Once outside, he gets filled with a sense of disgust and renounces his potential crime. On the way home he stops in a bar, suddenly overcome with a dreadful thirst.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

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells 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/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveler is in his home, speaking to a group of men, including the Narrator. He is giving a lecture on the fourth dimension. He tells them that a cube does not only exist in space, but also in time. He goes on further to claim that a man should not just be able to move about in space, the 3 other dimensions, but also in time. He notes that we are nonetheless moving forwards along the time dimension, so why not backwards. He produces a small version of a "Time Machine" and lays it on the table. He explains that one lever will send it forward, and the other backward in time. He asks one of the other guests to push the lever, and after doing so, the machine disappears, blowing out a candle with it. The guests ask why they cannot see it if it is moving into the future, and the Time Traveler explains that it is moving too quickly to be seen. The guests are blown away, and the Time Traveler takes them to his laboratory where they find a even bigger, machine. 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