Afterward by Edith Wharton: A Story to Help You Sleep
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Need help drifting off to sleep? Settle in with tonight's bedtime story - Afterward by Edith Wharton. This short story was first published in 1910. Mary and Ned Boyne move from America to the village of Lyng in Dorsetshire. Enjoying their new wealth, they joked that they wanted an old house with a ghost. Be careful what you wish for...
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host. Every week, I will read you |
| 0:17.1 | an old story to help you relax, put the stressful day behind you, and drift off to sleep. |
| 0:34.1 | Occasionally, we will run ads in order to cover the costs of the production of the podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | Rest assured, there will be no ads during or after the story. |
| 0:48.8 | If you prefer an ad-free and intro-free show, you can join Just Sleep Premium. |
| 0:59.3 | Visit JustSleeppodcast.com |
| 1:02.7 | slash support for more information. |
| 1:10.2 | Do, do, do, do! Bampa! |
| 1:17.4 | Bampa! Bampa! |
| 1:20.1 | Okay, enough Rasmataz! |
| 1:23.0 | But it's not every day a new scratch card drops. |
| 1:25.3 | With the new set for five years scratch card from the national lottery |
| 1:29.0 | you could win five grand a month |
| 1:31.0 | every month for five years |
| 1:33.0 | pick up yours in store today and get |
| 1:35.3 | scratching |
| 1:35.9 | search dream big place mall |
| 1:37.5 | rules procedures and game specific rules apply |
| 1:39.1 | place must be 18 or over |
| 1:40.2 | tonight I will be reading another spooky tale, a short story by Edith Wharton called |
| 1:54.4 | afterward. |
| 1:56.2 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
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