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Sleepy

467 – The Blithedale Romance

Sleepy

Otis Gray

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Zzz . . . Snooze to this lovely tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne – "The Blithedale Romance" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/sleepyradio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page.  Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to Quince.com/sleepy for free shipping and 365-day returns BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/SLEEPY today to get 10% off your first month. GreenChef: GreenChef.com/50SLEEPY and use code "50SLEEPY" to get 50% percent off your first month, then twenty percent off for two months with free shipping. ButcherBox: Sign up at butcherbox.com/sleepy and use code "sleepy" OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code SLEEPY at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.oneskin.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #oneskinpod GhostBed: Go to GhostBed.com/sleepy and use promo code “SLEEPY” at checkout for 50% off! Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/otis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, my name's Otis Gray and you're listening to Sleepy.

0:09.5

A podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep.

0:20.1

Tonight's, um, have a really great story for you.

0:24.7

Now that spooky October is over,

0:27.3

and we can move back to some of our more romantic, wistful stories,

0:34.3

and slow down and, um, move away from the spookiness and into kind of a more

0:40.4

fally autumn holiday vibe so that's what we're going to do tonight with one of our favorite

0:47.5

authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and before we get to the bedtime reading I just want to take a moment to thank all of our brand new patrons on patreon.com, which is a website where you can go on pledge a couple bucks for an ad-free version of sleepy.

1:07.5

So this week's incredible new patrons.

1:12.1

Trinity Chaos.

1:14.5

Richard Gagnon.

1:16.4

Diane Kedge.

1:18.3

Cheryl.

1:19.8

January Lynn Martin.

1:22.4

And Peggy.

1:24.7

Thank you all so, so much for being a part of making the show.

1:29.1

It really, really means a lot.

1:31.4

So thank you.

1:33.3

And if you're hearing this, and you have no idea what these names are that I just read,

1:39.1

these are all brand new supporters of sleepy on patreon.com,

1:48.6

which is a website that allows you to directly support the people who make this stuff that you like. So if you like sleepy, maybe it's helped you

1:54.1

get a better night's rest and maybe you want to just be directly a part of making it. You can do

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