At Chrighton Abbey - A Classic Bedtime Story

Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. Published in 1891, it is the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a peasant girl in fictional Wessex. In this episode, J...

6 Mar 202245min

Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is The Wild Wood, Chapter 3 of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. This classic children's book was published in 1908. It follows the adventures of Mole...

3 Mar 202229min

Tonight's bedtime story is The Story of Pretty Goldilocks. A fairy tale by Madame d’Aulnoy adapted and collected in the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. It is also known as The Fair with The Golden Hai...

27 Feb 202230min

Tonight's sleep story is Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Walden; or, Life in the Woods was published in 1854. In this episode, I read the ninth chapter "The Ponds". If you'd like to support the podcast...

24 Feb 202240min

Drift off tonight to Emma by Jane Austen. Published in 1815, it is Austen's last book published in her lifetime. It is the story of spoiled Emma Woodhouse and her attempt to make a match for her frien...

20 Feb 202243min

Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of Middlemarch by George Eliot. Considered one of the great English novels, it was published in instalments in 1871 and 1872. It follows many characters and...

13 Feb 202240min

Tonight's bedtime story is The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher. A Japanese fairy tale compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki. In this story, the Happy Hunter swaps jobs with his brother, the Skillful Fis...

10 Feb 202238min

Tonight's bedtime story is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Serialised from 1844-1846, this story is one of Dumas' most popular works. It is the story of Edmond Dantes who is wrongfully i...

6 Feb 202237min