The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 1 June 2020
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Let's return to Conan Doyle's dreamy world of the Wee Folk! Drift into sleep on the observations of a clairvoyant in the fairy glen, which are totally real and scientific. Totally. This episode is happily sponsored by BetterHelp – affordable and private online counseling you can get anywhere, any time, in the way that suits you best. Get 10% off your first month by visiting trybetterhelp.com/boringbooks.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:09.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get |
| 0:17.6 | some sleep. |
| 0:20.0 | So find a comfortable spot, adjust your volume, take a nice deep breath in, let it out slowly, and off we go. |
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| 1:50.5 | description. Now let's get to the reading. |
| 1:56.8 | Tonight we're returning to one of your favorite relaxing books, The Coming of the Fairies by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the New |
| 2:09.6 | Revelation, The Vital message, and wanderings of a spiritualist, illustrated from photographs, |
| 2:20.9 | and published by George H. Doran Company, New York, |
| 2:27.0 | 1921 and 1922. |
| 2:37.0 | Let's pick up where we left off in the midst of his investigations. |
| 2:45.0 | Chapter 4, the Second Series |
| 2:52.0 | When Mr. Gardner was in Yorkshire in July, he left a good camera with Elsie, for he learned that her cousin Francis was about |
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