Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, chapter 9, narrated by Isaac Birchall

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Summary:
Elizabeth has spent the whole evening tending to her sister, and though the doctors and the Bingley family has been kind to her, Elizabeth insists to send a letter to her mother to come and Jane. Though Jane is sick, as she is not too sick, Mrs Bennet is not fussed about her getting well soon; the longer she stays at Netherfield, the more closely she and Mr Bingley will become. Mrs Bennet appologises to Bingley for her daughters imposing on him, but he says it is nothing. She then asks if he is planning on leaving the house any time soon. Bingley replies that he does not know, that he is very “in the moment” and that he lets his feelings guide him. Mrs Bennet then talks to him about the country and asks him if he prefers it to the city. Again, he does not know; he prefers where he is at a specific time. Darcy slights the country, saying that there are a limited number of interesting people. Mrs Better argues with him about this, and though Elizabeth tries to save him from her mother, she still talks ill of Darcy’s beliefs. Eventually, the Bennet women leave, but not without the youngest daughters asking Mr Bingley if he will keep his promise to hold a ball at Netherfield. He will.

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen chapter 8, narrated by Isaac Birchall

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Soon, the Bingley ladies retire to dress for dinner, and Elizabeth shortly follows. At dinner, the Ladies say that they are very sorry that Jane is ill, but Lizzy can tell that they don’t really care. After supper, Elizabeth goes back to check on Jane, and the Bingley sisters start trash talking Elizabeth. They say that she has bad manners, bad conversation skills, and no taste. The only thing recommending her is that she is a good walker. They then discuss her idiotic idea to walk all of the way to the house to see her sister, and how awful it was that she was covered in mud and dirt. Mr Bingley defends her, saying that he didn’t notice her dress at all, and thought it very good of her to have come. The girls then ask Darcy if he noticed, and if it lowered his esteem of her and they are a bit shocked when he retorts that it in fact lifted it. The girls then head up to pretend to be kind to Jane again and leave when coffee is called for.
After Elizabeth believes Jane to be asleep, she heads down to find the group playing cards, but refuses to join in as she believes them to be betting with a lot of money. She goes to read a book instead, and Mr Bingley offers to give her his library if she would like. This leads to a conversation about Mr Darcy’s extensive library at his home in Derbyshire, and homes in general. Elizabeth soon finds that she is not reading at all and is listening to their conversation, and she goes to join in. The topic then changes to ideal people, and Darcy explains exactly what it is that he looks for in a woman…

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The Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells chapter 11, "The Hunting of the Man", narrated by Isaac Birchall

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Summary
Prendick is in the need of a weapon, so in his panicked state he breaks the arm of a chair off. As he does this, he hears Montgomery coming, and assumes that he is going to be locked in his room, a prisoner until the decide it is his turn to be tormented. He runs to the door and lashed out at Montgomery, causing him to jump back, giving Prendick the chance to run away. Montgomery calls to him, and in a minute runs after Prendick with his attendant and a dog. Prendick runs and runs until he feels slightly safe and he lays down for a moment until he hears the dog and Montgomery's voice. Prendick runs again and into the Jungle where he wades up the stream until he feels protected from Montgomery. He he encounters another creature. The Simian man who was on the beach when he arrived...

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