Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. This book was published in 1811. It follows the romance and heartbreak of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood in the late 1700s. In this episode, John Dashwood, their half brother, decides on how much assistance he can " reasonably afford" to give to his sisters who have recently lost their father. Then, they are forced to consider leaving Norland Park and move far from their home.
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| 0:33.9 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm Tasia, your host. |
| 0:47.3 | Every week, I will read you an old story to help you relax, |
| 0:52.3 | put the stressful day behind you, and drift off to sleep. |
| 1:02.3 | Tonight I will be reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. |
| 1:10.3 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
| 1:23.4 | Chapter 1 |
| 1:24.5 | The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. |
| 1:31.5 | Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, |
| 1:38.5 | where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their |
| 1:46.9 | surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man who lived to a very |
| 1:53.7 | advanced age and who for many years of his life had a constant companion and housekeeper in his |
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