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Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Do you have trouble drifting off to sleep? My mission is simple. To help you relax, put the stressful day behind you and drift off to sleep. In every episode, I will read an old story in the public domain. So lie down, settle into your pillow, close your eyes, and let me read you a bedtime story to help you sleep.
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- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Tonight's bedtime story is Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Published in 1856, the book was considered immoral and the author was put on trial by the French…
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Struggling to fall asleep? Drift off to two chilling tales by Edgar Allan Poe - The Cask of Amontillado and the Masque of the Red Death. Published in 1846 and…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov, a short story to help you fall asleep. First published in 1899, this story unfolds…
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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Struggling to fall asleep? Drift off to our first spooky tale for the Halloween season, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. A novella published in 1898, this…
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Jane Eyre: After the Red Room by Charlotte Bronte
Tonight's sleep story is the continuation of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. In this episode, the apothecary visits Jane after the events in the red room. Also…
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The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit
Drift off to sleep with tonight's reading of the opening chapter of The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit. Published in 1904, it is part of a series of…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Tonight's bedtime story is Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. This novel was first published in 1864 in French and then in 1871 in English. In…
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Aladdin: A Story to Help You Sleep
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with Aladdin, a folk tale to help you fall asleep. You know this tale of a boy and his magic lamp. But this isn't quite like…
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Having trouble distracting your active mind before bed? Relax tonight with two short stories by Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace and A Piece of String. Guy…
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Snow White - Classic Fairy Tale Sleep Stories
Drift off tonight to two tales featuring Snow White: Little Snow White and Snow White & Rose Red. The first story is the most familiar with Snow White, an evil…
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Father Brown: The Blue Cross by G.K Chesterton
Tonight's sleep story is the Blue Cross, A Father Brown short story from the book the Innocence of Father Brown by G.K Chesterton. Published in 1910, it is the…
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Silas Marner by George Eliot
Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapter of Silas Marner by George Eliot. This is the third novel by George Eliot and was published in 1861. In this episode…
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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
Struggling to fall asleep? Settle down with The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde. This is the first story in the collection of children's stories published in 1888…
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Anne of Green Gables: Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. You can listen to the first chapters in our episode #18 released…
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Tonight's sleep story is The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Published in 1899, this novel is considered by many to be a landmark work of early feminism. In this…
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Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with the Sherlock Holmes story, A Scandal in Bohemia, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is one of the stories in the collection of…
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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Tonight's bedtime story is Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Published in 1925, this is one of Woolf's best known novels. In this episode, Clarissa Dalloway…
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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Published in 1874, this was Hardy's first literary success. In this…
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The Invisible Man by H.G Wells
We're so happy to present our 50th episode! Drift off to sleep tonight to the opening chapters of the Invisible Man by H.G Wells. This story was published in…
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Loki Sleep Story: The Quest Of The Hammer
Tonight's sleep story, The Quest Of The Hammer by Abbie Farwell Brown, features Loki - the Norse god of mischief. This story was published in the book In the…
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The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain
Tonight's snoozy tale is the Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain. This short story was published in 1893. Two wealthy brothers in Victorian London spot a…
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. This book was published in 1811. It follows the romance and heartbreak of…
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Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Tonight's sleep story is Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Walden; or, Life in the Woods was published in 1854. In this episode, we read the second chapter "Where…
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Puss in Boots: A Fairytale Sleep Story
Drift off tonight to two tales featuring cats: Puss in Boots and Dick Whittington and His Cat. You have probably encountered the Puss in Boots character on the…
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Alice in Wonderland: The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill by Lewis Carroll
Tonight's story to help you sleep is the continuation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland also known as Alice in Wonderland. You can listen to…
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This book was published in 1911 and is considered one of the best…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Part 2) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Tonight's bedtime story for adults is the continuation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. You can find the first part…
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc
Drift off to sleep tonight with The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc. You might have seen the series on Netflix…
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 2 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tonight's sleep story is the continuation of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. You can find Chapter 1 in episode 14 of the podcast. Published in 1925…
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Sleeping Beauty - Charles Perrault
Tonight's snoozy tale is the fairytale Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault also known as The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods. There are a number of versions of…
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tonight's sleep story is the Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This short story was published in 1922. You may have watched the 2008…
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The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
Drift off to sleep with tonight's reading of the classic children's story, The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit. First published in book form in 1906, this…
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Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet Chapters 3 and 4 by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tonight's bedtime story is a continuation of A Study in Scarlet: a Sherlock Holmes tale by Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1887, this novel is the first…
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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Tonight's story to help you sleep is Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome. Published in 1889, it is a humorous account of a two week boating trip on the…
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Tonight's bedtime story is the Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Published in 1859, it is a mystery novel often considered one of the 100 greatest novels of…
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Fall into a deep sleep tonight with the old English fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. There a number of versions of this tale. This version was retold by…
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Drift off tonight to the opening chapters of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. This social novel was published in 1854. In this episode, Margaret spends…
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Tonight's sleepy tale is Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights is Emily's only book, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. In this…
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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Tonight's snoozy tale is Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Published in 1877, this book was her only published work. It is one of the first English novels to be…
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Peter Rabbit and other tales by Beatrix Potter
Drift off to sleep tonight with The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and, The Tale of the Two Bad Mice, all…
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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Tonight's sleep story is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Published in 1726, it is the story of Lemuel Gulliver, "First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of…
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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. This American classic was published in 1911. Set in a fictitious town in…
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The Ugly Duckling: A Fairytale Sleep Story
Tonight's bedtime story (or stories!) are the Ugly Duckling and the Emperor's New Clothes, both fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson. If you'd like to…
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The Wind in the Willows Chapter 2 by Kenneth Grahame
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is Chapter 2 of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. This classic children's book was published in 1908. It…
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Persuasion by Jane Austen
Tonight's bedtime tale is Persuasion by Jane Austen. This was her final completed novel published in 1817 after her death. In this episode, we are introduced…
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The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Tonight's snoozy tale is The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. This book was first published in 1922. It follows the tale of a stuffed rabbit and his…
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Tonight's sleepy story is the War of the Worlds by H.G Wells. This science fiction classic was first published in 1897. In this episode, the narrator witnesses…
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The Remarkable Rocket and the Selfish Giant
Drift off to sleep with tonight's reading of two short stories by Oscar Wilde - The Remarkable Rocket and the Selfish Giant. These stories come from a…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Thumbelina: A Fairy Tale Sleep Story
Drift off to sleep with tonight's reading of the classic fairy tale, Thumbelina, from Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale collection. This story was first…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. This classic children's book was published in 1908. It follows the…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tonight's bedtime story for adults is Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This classic Canadian novel was published in 1908. It follows the…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Tonight's bedtime story for adults is The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. This Gothic novella was first published in 1886. In…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Tonight's story to help you sleep is the Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. This second and last novel by Anne Brontë was published in 1848 under the…
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Beauty and the Beast
Tonight's sleep story is the well-known fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast. There are so many versions of this bedtime story. This version is taken from the Blue…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tonight's sleep story is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1925, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tonight's bedtime story is A Study in Scarlet: a Sherlock Holmes tale by Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1887, this novel is the first appearance of the…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Tonight's sleep story is Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Published in 1837, this social novel explores the themes of poverty, class and injustice in 19th…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Tonight's sleep story is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Published in 1847, it was one of the most famous romance novels of all time. If you'd like to support…
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Hansel & Gretel and Cinderella
Two stories to help you sleep. Hansel & Gretel and Cinderella. Fairytales from the Brothers Grimm. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can buy me a…
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The Time Machine by H.G Wells - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Tonight's bedtime story is The Time Machine by H.G Wells. Drift off to the first two chapters of the story. The Time Machine is a science fiction novella…