The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

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

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Tonight's sleepy tale is The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim. Published in 1922, it is the story of four disparate women who travel to a medieval castle in Italy for a holiday. In this episode, Mrs Wilkins sees the ad for the castle in the Times and meets Mrs Arbuthnot for the first time.

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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.
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0:59.3	Visit JustSleeppodcast.com
1:02.7	slash support for more information.
1:09.9	Do, do, do, bumper.
1:17.1	Bampa!
1:19.8	Okay, enough Rasmataz.
1:22.7	But it's not every day a new scratch card drops.
1:24.9	With the new set for five years scratch card from the National Lottery.
1:29.2	You could win five grand a month, every month for five years.
1:32.9	Pick up yours in store today and get scratching.
1:36.1	Search Dream Big Place Mall. Rules, procedures and game-specific rules apply.
1:38.9	Place must be 18 or over.
1:52.0	Tonight, I will be reading The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Van Arnhem. So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.
2:06.6	It began in a woman's club in London on a February afternoon,
2:08.6	an uncomfortable club,
2:10.6	and a miserable afternoon.
2:12.6	When Mrs. Wilkins, who had come down from Hampstead to shop and had lunched at her club,
2:19.9	took up the times from the table in the smoking room,
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