Sleep Story 40 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chp.1)

Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults

Teddy

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Tonight we will be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1876, it focuses on a young by growing up alongside the Mississippi River and looks at the mischievous things he gets up to. I think it’s a great book to listen to as you slowly doze off to sleep. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, feel free to say hello at my website as I’d love to hear from you. Sincerely, Teddy.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the Bore You to Sleep podcast, the podcast that will hopefully help you get to sleep.
0:15.7	I am going to read an open source book, one that is not particularly interesting, but one that is
0:23.3	hopefully boring enough to get you to sleep.
0:31.6	Welcome to tonight's episode of the Boar You to Sleep podcast. We'll be having another look at readings from Mark Twain
0:42.5	and this time reading from the adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is a story about young mischievous boy
0:52.0	and some of the things that they get up to you're also
0:58.6	going to enjoy listening to it because I think it will make you fall sleepy if you
1:05.7	enjoy the episode please feel free to say hello at the boy you to sleep podcast.com website or you're also very welcome to leave a comment on the podcast app and subscribe to the podcast.
1:25.2	It helps me help more people get a good night's rest, so I really do appreciate it. In the meantime, please lie back or sit back and relax and enjoy the episode.
1:53.2	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
1:55.1	The Preface Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred.
2:02.9	One or two were experiences of my own.
2:07.8	The rest, those of boys who were schoolmates of mine.
2:13.1	Huck Finn is drawn from life, Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual.
2:21.4	He is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew and therefore belongs
2:29.4	to the composite order of architecture. The odd superstitions touched upon
2:37.0	were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West
2:42.0	at the period of this story,
2:45.0	that is to say,
2:47.0	30 or 40 years ago.
2:50.0	Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls,
2:56.6	I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account.
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