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 Flora Annie Steel and published in 1918.If y...
13 Jun 202128min
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 the last few days in London preparing for t...
10 Jun 202148min
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 episode, Mr Lockwood, the new tenant of T...
6 Jun 202137min
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 written from the perspective of an animal. I...
3 Jun 202138min
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 from the Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potte...
30 Mai 202130min
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 Several Ships". In this episode, Gulliver ...
27 Mai 202140min
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 Massachusetts, it reveals the past of the "most strik...
23 Mai 202149min
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 support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee her...
21 Mai 202137min
