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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
A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum - A Christmas Sleep Story
Tonight's sleep story is A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L Frank Baum. From the author of the Wizard of Oz, this story features Santa Claus and his helpers. What…
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Pinocchio: Sells His Spelling Book To See a Puppet Show by Carlo Collodi
Tonight's sleep story is Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Published in book form in 1883, Pinocchio or "the Adventures of Pinocchio" is one the best selling books…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with the Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is one of the stories in the…
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The Prince and the Pauper: Tom as a Patrician by Mark Twain
Tonight's snoozy tale is the continuation of the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Published in 1881, it is the story of two boys, born on the same day…
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The Gift of the Magi by O Henry
Drift off tonight to two Christmas sleep stories - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry and Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells. Interested in more sleepy…
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The Blue Castle: A Visit to the Doctor by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for writing Anne of Green Gables. This romance novel was…
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Rumpelstiltskin and Little Thumb - Fairytale Sleep Stories
Drift off tonight to two fairytale sleep stories - Rumpelstiltskin and Little Thumb. Rumpelstiltskin is the Grimms' fairytale featuring a little man that can…
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An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
Tonight's special Thanksgiving sleep story is An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louis May Alcott. A short story from Louisa May Alcott's Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag Vol…
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Hunted Down: A Mystery Bedtime Story by Charles Dickens
Tonight's bedtime story for adults is Hunted Down by Charles Dickens. Published in 1859, this is a rare detective story from the celebrated writer. Mr Sampson…
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Alice in Wonderland: The Mock Turtle's Story 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. In this episode…
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The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Need help drifting off to sleep? Settle in with tonight's bedtime story - The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. Published in 1905, it follows Lily Bart, a…
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Anne of Green Gables: Anne's Impressions of Sunday School
Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this episode, Anne goes to Sunday School and Marilla loses her…
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The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells. Gip and his father visit a magic shop that claims to use only genuine magic! Glass…
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The Wind in the Willows: Dulce Domum by Kenneth Grahame
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is the continuation of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. In this episode, Mole senses his old home and…
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Special Two Hour Episode
Tonight's sleep story is a special two hour episode of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Published in 1818, this novel, written by a teenaged Mary Shelley, is one…
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The Sandman's Hour: Stories for Bedtime
Struggling to fall asleep? Quiet your mind with bedtime stories from The Sandman's Hour. This episode includes the stories The Disorderly Girl, The Poppies…
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Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - A Chilling Sleep Story
Tonight's chilling sleep story is Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. This story published in 1872 predates Bram Stoker's Dracula and is one the earliest…
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King Arthur: Sir Gareth and Lynette - A Mythical Sleep Story
Tonight's mythical sleep story is the continuation of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Maude Radford. In this episode, Gareth becomes a knight…
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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Published in 1844, this swashbuckling adventure novel has been adapted on TV…
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What Maisie Knew by Henry James
Tonight's bedtime story is What Maisie Knew by Henry James. Published in 1897, it is the story of the effect of a bitter divorce on a young child. Interested…
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The Monkey's Paw by W.W Jacobs - a Scary Sleep Story
Drift off tonight to our first spooky tale for the Halloween season, The Monkey's Paw by W.W Jacobs. Be warned that this story is scary so if that isn't your…
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This Side of Paradise: Code of the Young Egotist by F Scott Fitzgerald
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with This Side of Paradise by F Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, it is Fitzgerald's first book. In this episode, Amory goes…
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The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tonight's bedtime story is The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for writing Anne of Green Gables. This romance novel was published in 1926 and…
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The Enchanted April: References by Elizabeth von Arnim
Tonight's sleep story is a continuation of the Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Published in 1922, it is the story of four disparate women who travel to…
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A Little Cloud by James Joyce
Tonight's bedtime story is A Little Cloud by James Joyce. This story appears in Joyce's 1914 collection Dubliners. Little Chandler meets up with an old friend…
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Animal Farm: The Windmill by George Orwell
Tonight's sleep story is the continuation of Animal Farm by George Orwell. Interested in more sleepy content or just want to support the show? Join Just Sleep…
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Romeo and Juliet by Edith Nesbit
Tonight's sleep story is Romeo and Juliet retold by Edith Nesbit. You know the story of the ill-fated lovers Romeo and Juliet, originally written by William…
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon - A Fairy Tale Sleep Story
Can't sleep? Drift off to tonight's sleep story, the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon. This version of the story was collected by…
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Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Tonight's sleep story is Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Published in book form in 1883, Pinocchio or "the Adventures of Pinocchio" is one the best selling books…
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Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Tonight's story to help you sleep is Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. First published in 1852, Cranford is an episodic novel about a fictional town inhabited by…
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Tonight's sleep story is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. Published in 1889, it is the comedic story of a man from 19th century…
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The Doll's House by Katherine Mansfield
Tonight's sleep stories are The Doll's House and Psychology by Katherine Mansfield. Interested in more sleepy content or just want to support the show? Join…
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More Aesop's Fables - Sleep Stories
Struggling to fall asleep? Distract your mind with more stories from Aesop's Fables. Drift off to many familiar stories like the Owl and the Grasshopper and…
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Around the World in 80 Days: In Which Fix, the Detective, Betrays a Very Natural Impatience
Struggling to fall asleep? Quiet your mind with Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne. Published in 1872, this story is one of Verne's most acclaimed…
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Betrothed by Anton Chekhov
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with Betrothed by Anton Chekhov, a short story to help you fall asleep. Published in 1903, this is Chekhov's last completed…
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Little Lord Fauntleroy : Cedric, The Boot-Black and the Apple Woman
Fall asleep tonight to the continuation of Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Published in 1886, this book was very popular and started a…
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Momotaro or The Story of the Son of a Peach. A Fairy Tale Sleep Story
Tonight's bedtime story is Momotaro or The Story of the Son of a Peach. A Japanese fairy tale compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki. In this story, an old couple…
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Far from the Madding Crowd: A Girl on Horseback by Thomas Hardy
Fall asleep tonight to the continuation 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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Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Tonight's sleep story is Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. Published in 1839, this long novel chronicles the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and…
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The Island of the Nine Whirlpools by Edith Nesbit - A Fairy Tale Sleep Story
Drift off to sleep with tonight's reading of The Island of the Nine Whirlpools by Edith Nesbit. This story is taken from the Book Of Dragons, a collection of…
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Dalyrimple Goes Wrong by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tonight's sleep story is Dalyrimple Goes Wrong by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was published in 1920 in Fitzgerald's collection of short stories, Flappers and…
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The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with the opening chapters of the Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. Published in 1872, it is a fantasy novel that…
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Special Two Hour Episode
Tonight's sleep story is a special 2 hour episode of Persuasion by Jane Austen. This was her final completed novel published in 1817 after her death. If you…
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A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green
Drift off tonight to the opening chapters of A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katherine Green. A young maid has disappeared suddenly from the household of…
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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Tonight's bedtime story is Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. Published in 1819 in a collection of stories called "The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."…
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The Diary Of A Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Can't sleep? Drift off tonight to the opening chapters of the comic novel, The Diary Of A Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith. Published in 1892, it follows…
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Thor Sleep Story: Thor's Fishing
Tonight's sleep story, Thor's Fishing by Abbie Farwell Brown, features Thor the Norse God of Thunder. This story was published in the book In the Days of…
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Dorian Gray: Lord Henry Goes to Lunch by Oscar Wilde
Tonight's sleep story is the continuation of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. In this episode, Lord Henry learns about Dorian's parents and their doomed love…
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Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with the Sherlock Holmes story, Silver Blaze, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is one of the stories in the collection called "The…
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - A Mythical Sleep Story
Tonight's mythical sleep story is King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Maude Radford. In this episode, King Arthur celebrates his wins and forms…
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Can't sleep? Drift off to The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Published in 1920, it is the story set in the "Gilded Age" of New York City. In this episode…
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The Invisible Man: A Sleep Story Mystery by G.K Chesterton
Drift off tonight to The Invisible Man by G.K Chesterton, a short story to help you fall asleep. This mystery is a Father Brown story taken from the Innocence…
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The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Tonight's bedtime story is The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Published in 1905, the Scarlet Pimpernel is the superhero in the French Revolution. A mild…
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Little Annie's Dream - a Flowery Sleep Story by Louisa May Alcott
Struggling to fall asleep? Distract your mind with Little Annie's Dream, a flowery sleepy story by Louisa May Alcott. The Flower Fables were published in 1854…
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Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
Tonight's sleep story is Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence. Published in 1920, it follows the Brangwen sisters and their relationships before the First World War…
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Lorna Doone by R.D Blackmore
Struggling to fall asleep? Distract your mind with the opening chapters of Lorna Doone by R.D Blackmore. Published in 1869 but set in the 17th century, it is…
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Aesop's Fables - Sleep Stories
Struggling to fall asleep? Distract your mind with stories from Aesop's Fables. Drift off to many familiar stories like the Tortoise and the Hare and the Boy…
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Sense and Sensibility: Barton Park by Jane Austen
Fall asleep tonight to the continuation of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. This book was published in 1811. It follows the romance and heartbreak of…