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The Willoughby Readings
The Willoughby Readings brings classic books to life, one chapter at a time. From beloved childhood adventures to the great novels you always meant to get around to, each episode gives you a chapter to enjoy on your commute, while you work, or at the end of a long day. Start any book from the beginning and follow along at your own pace, with new chapters added regularly. Every book is read in full, exactly as its author wrote it.
Narrated by an AI clone of the producer’s own voice.
Episodes
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 11: A Nickel-Plated Emperor
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 11: A Nickel-Plated Emperor The travelers reach the City of the Winkies and expect a warm welcome from an…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 10: The Journey to the Tin Woodman
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 10: The Journey to the Tin Woodman Tip, the Scarecrow, the Pumpkinhead and the Saw-Horse come through a…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 9: The Scarecrow Plans an Escape
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 9: The Scarecrow Plans an Escape The Emerald City has fallen, and the Scarecrow, still calmly tossing…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 8: Gen. Jinjur’s Army of Revolt
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 8: Gen. Jinjur’s Army of Revolt Tip, hungry and far from his friends Jack and the Saw-Horse, meets a…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 7: His Majesty the Scarecrow
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 7: His Majesty the Scarecrow Jack Pumpkinhead meets the Scarecrow King of the Emerald City, a ruler who…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 6: Jack Pumpkinhead’s Ride to the Emerald City
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 6: Jack Pumpkinhead’s Ride to the Emerald City Tip and his pumpkin-headed companion face a cross ferryman…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 5: The Awakening of the Saw-horse
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 5: The Awakening of the Saw-horse The Saw-Horse opens his eyes for the first time and discovers that he has…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 4: Tip Makes an Experiment in Magic
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 4: Tip Makes an Experiment in Magic Tip and the Pumpkinhead trudge along a road toward the edge of a wood…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 3: The Flight of the Fugitives
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 3: The Flight of the Fugitives Tip has had enough of living with Mombi, and he decides that becoming a…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 2: The Marvelous Powder of Life
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 2: The Marvelous Powder of Life Tip finds his handiwork walking and grinning in the road, but the boy's…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Chapter 1: Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 1: Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead In the Gillikin Country, north of the Land of Oz, a boy named Tip lives…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Marvelous Land of Oz | Author's Note
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Author's Note Before the story begins, L. Frank Baum explains where this sequel came from. Years after The…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 24: Home Again
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 24: Home Again Dorothy comes running across the gray Kansas prairie, and Aunt Em, who has been watering…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 23: Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 23: Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish Dorothy and her companions are freshened up before they…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 22: The Country of the Quadlings
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 22: The Country of the Quadlings Past the gloomy forest, the travelers face a steep hill covered in heavy…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 21: The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 21: The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts The travelers wade through a muddy, grass-choked country before…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 20: The Dainty China Country
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 20: The Dainty China Country The travelers climb a wall and look down on a bright valley where every…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 19: Attacked by the Fighting Trees
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 19: Attacked by the Fighting Trees Dorothy and her friends leave the Emerald City behind and set out…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 18: Away to the South
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 18: Away to the South With Oz gone and the Emerald City in new hands, Dorothy faces the loss of her…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 17: How the Balloon Was Launched
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 17: How the Balloon Was Launched Dorothy waits three long days in the Emerald City with no word from Oz…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 16: The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 16: The Magic Art of the Great Humbug The Scarecrow sets off for the Throne Room, eager to collect the…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 15: The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 15: The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible The four travelers return to the Emerald City expecting a hero's…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 14: The Winged Monkeys
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 14: The Winged Monkeys The travelers are lost in the endless fields of scarlet poppies and yellow…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 13: The Rescue
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 13: The Rescue With the Wicked Witch gone, Dorothy frees the Cowardly Lion and tells the yellow Winkies…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 12: The Search for the Wicked Witch
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 12: The Search for the Wicked Witch Dorothy and her friends set out westward across grassy fields toward…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 11: The Wonderful City of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 11: The Wonderful City of Oz Dorothy and her companions step into the Emerald City, where every street…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 10: The Guardian of the Gate
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 10: The Guardian of the Gate The travelers wake from the poppy field and find their way back to the road…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 9: The Queen of the Field Mice
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 9: The Queen of the Field Mice The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and Dorothy have traveled far from the…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 8: The Deadly Poppy Field
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 8: The Deadly Poppy Field Dorothy and her friends wake refreshed and hopeful, but their raft is swept off…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 7: The Journey to the Great Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 7: The Journey to the Great Oz Dorothy and her companions spend a night camped beneath a great tree…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 6: The Cowardly Lion
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 6: The Cowardly Lion Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman push deeper into a dark, silent…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 5: The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 5: The Rescue of the Tin Woodman Dorothy, Toto, and the Scarecrow wake to sunshine in the forest and set…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest The yellow brick road grows rough and lonesome, and the Scarecrow keeps…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 3: How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 3: How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow Dorothy sets out on the yellow brick road in her silver shoes, leaving…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 2: The Council with the Munchkins
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 2: The Council with the Munchkins A cyclone has set Dorothy’s house down in a bright, unfamiliar land…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Chapter 1: The Cyclone
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Chapter 1: The Cyclone Dorothy lives on the gray Kansas prairie with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, where even the…
The Willoughby ReadingsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Introduction
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum — Introduction Before the journey begins, the author speaks directly to you about the fairy tales that have carried…