Chapter Breaks - Short Literary Escapes
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Chapter Breaks – Short Literary Escapes
🎧 Relaxing, read aloud audiobook excerpts from classic novels — curated and narrated by Chapter Breaks.
Discover calming, beautifully narrated passages from the world’s great literature. Perfect for a quiet commute, a bedtime unwind, an afternoon walk, study focus, or any moment when you want a gentle escape into a story.
Each episode features a hand-picked scene from a classic novel: iconic opening chapters, dramatic turning points, unforgettable encounters, or reflective, atmospheric moments. Every reading is 20–30 minutes — long enough to immerse you, short enough to fit easily into your day.
Whether you love classic fiction, relaxing narration, peaceful read-aloud moments, or short audiobook experiences, Chapter Breaks offers a curated way to enjoy great literature one chapter at a time.
📚 New episodes every Thursday and Sunday.
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Chapter Breaks | Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë | Extract from Chapter 15 & Chapter 16 | Catherine & Heathcliff’s Final Meeting
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May 17, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | White Nights – Fyodor Dostoevsky | Fourth Night
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May 10, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad | Extract from Chapter 3 | The Horror Revealed
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May 03, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Walden – Henry David Thoreau | Chapter 2 | Living Deliberately
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Little Women – Louisa May Alcott | Chapter 13 | Castles in the Air
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Great Expectations – Charles Dickens | Chapter 39 | The Return of Magwitch
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov | Chapter 12 | Black Magic Revealed
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie | Chapter 3 | Come away, come away!
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy | Part I, Chapters 16-18 | The First Meeting
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Animal Farm – George Orwell | Chapter V | The Windmill Plan
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë | End of Chapter 27 | Jane Leaves Thornfield
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka | End of Chapter 3 | The Violin & Gregor’s End
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert | Part II, Chapter 12 | The Elopement
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Moby Dick – Herman Melville | Chapter 135 | The Chase – Third Day
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky | Part IV, Chapter 4 | The Gospel
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll | Chapters VII & VIII | The Mad Tea-Party & The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | White Nights – Fyodor Dostoevsky | First Night
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald | Chapter V | Gatsby & Daisy Reunite
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett | Chapter 12, Beginning of Chapter 13 | Might I Have a Bit of Earth?
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Frankenstein – Mary Shelley | End of Chapter 10, Chapter 11 | The Creature Awakens
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Paradise Lost – John Milton | Extract from Book I | Satan Awakens in Hell
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Odyssey – Homer | Extract from Book IX | The Cyclops
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Animal Farm – George Orwell | Chapter I, Beginning of Chapter 2 | Old Major’s Dream
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen | Chapters 58 & 59 | Darcy & Elizabeth Reconciled
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Dracula – Bram Stoker | Chapter II | Arrival at Castle Dracula
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgenev | Chapters VI & VII | Nihilism & Generations
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) – Alessandro Manzoni | Extract from Chapter VIII | “Farewell, Mountains” (Addio, Monti)
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne | Chapter 2 | The Scaffold Scene
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky | Part II, Book V, Chapter V | The Grand Inquisitor
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Chapter Breaks | Great Expectations – Charles Dickens | Chapters 58 & 59 | Pip’s Homecoming & Estella
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame – Victor Hugo | Volume I, Book First, Chapters 5 & 6 | Quasimodo, Pope of Fools
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens | Extract from Stave One | Marley’s Ghost
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë | Chapter 9 | Catherine’s Secret
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne | Chapters 7 & 8 | Nautilus
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad | Beginning of Part II | The Eldorado Expedition & The River Toward Kurtz
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf | Opening Passage | Clarissa’s Morning Walk
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Les Misérables – Victor Hugo | Volume V, Book III, Chapters 1 & 2 | The Sewer
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson | Chapters 11 & 12 | The Apple Barrel & The Mutiny Plot
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen | Chapters 28 & 29 | The Reunion & The Letter
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky | Part I, Chapter 7 | The Murder
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain | Chapters 2 & 3 | The Whitewashing Game
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald | Chapter 9 | The Green Light Fades
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen – Chapters 33 & 34 | The Proposal at Hunsford
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka – Chapter 1 | The Awakening
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë | Chapter 26 | The Interrupted Wedding
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Journey to the Center of the Earth – Jules Verne – Chapters 14 & 15 | The Descent
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy – Chapters 22 & 23 | The Grand Ball
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert – Chapter 8 | The Ball at La Vaubyessard
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann - Chapter 1 | The Arrival
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - End of Chapter 4, Chapters 5 & 6 | The Creation
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde – Chapter 2 | The Portrait and the Pact
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Wind in the Willows – K. Grahame – Chapter 7 | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - Chapters 20 & 21 | The flight
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Chapter 8 | The Fight with the Windmills
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Chapter Breaks | Moby Dick - Herman Melville - Chapters 1 & 2 | The Call of the Sea
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Oct 21, 2025 |