Lorna Doone by R.D Blackmore

Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults

Taesha Glasgow

Stories To Help You Sleep, Unknown, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Just Sleep, Bedtime Stories For Adults

4 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Struggling to fall asleep? Distract your mind with the opening chapters of Lorna Doone by R.D Blackmore. Published in 1869 but set in the 17th century, it is the story of John Ridd and his relationship with the Doone clan (who murdered his father), particularly their daughter Lorna Doone. In this episode, John reminisces about his school days in Tiverton.

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0:00.0	Do, do, do...
0:03.5	Bampa!
0:07.1	Bampa! Bampa! Bampa! Bampa!
0:09.9	Okay, enough Rasmataz!
0:12.8	But it's not every day a new scratch card drops.
0:15.0	With the new set for five years scratch card from the National Lottery,
0:19.3	you could win five grand a month, every month, for five years.
0:23.0	Pick up yours in store today and get scratching.
0:26.2	Search Dream Big Place Mall. Rules, procedures and game-specific rules apply.
0:29.0	Place must be 18 or over.
0:34.0	Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host.
0:46.5	Every week, I will read you an old story to help you relax, put the stressful day behind you, and drift off to sleep.
1:01.8	If you would like to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com
1:08.3	slash just sleep pod.
1:11.7	Tonight, I will be reading Lorna Doon by Ardy Blackmore.
1:18.7	So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.
1:28.7	Chapter 1. Elements of Education
1:32.3	If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd of the parish of
1:40.4	Orr in the county of Somerset, Yeoman and Churchwarden, have seen and had a share in
1:47.3	some doings of this neighbourhood, which I will try to set down in order, God sparing my life and
1:53.9	memory. And they who light upon this book should bear in mind, not only that I write for the clearing of our parish from ill
2:02.8	fame and calumny, but also a thing which will, I tro, appear too often in it, to wit,
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