The Brave Little Tailor: A Fairy Tale Sleep Story

Struggling to fall asleep? Drift off to The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. Published as a book in 1881, it is the story of Isabel Archer, a young American woman who receives a fortune from her Unc...

13 Mar 202239min

Tonight's sleep story is Villette by Charlotte Bronte. Published in 1853, it was her last book published in her lifetime. In this episode, Polly comes to stay with Mrs Bretton. If you'd like to suppor...

10 Mar 202236min

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