The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Tonight's snoozy tale is the Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain. This short story was published in 1893. Two wealthy brothers in Victorian London spot a down on his luck American man and make a bet. If he is given a million pound bank note, can he survive an entire month without spending it?
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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. |
| 1:09.2 | Do, do, do, bumper! |
| 1:18.6 | Okay, enough Rasmataz! But it's not every day a new scratch card drops. |
| 1:24.7 | With the new set for five years scratch card from the national lottery. |
| 1:28.5 | You could win five grand a month every month for five years. |
| 1:32.3 | Pick up yours in store today and get scratching. |
| 1:35.4 | Search Dream Big Place Mall. Rules procedures and game specific rules apply. |
| 1:38.2 | Place must be 18 or over. |
| 1:50.8 | Tonight I will be reading the million-pound banknote by Mark Twain. |
| 1:59.0 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
| 2:03.9 | When I was 27 years old, |
| 2:07.0 | I was a mining broker's clerk in San Francisco and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. |
| 2:12.7 | I was alone in the world |
| 2:13.8 | and had nothing to depend upon |
| 2:16.2 | but my wits and a clean reputation. But these were setting my feet in the world and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation. But these were setting |
| 2:20.3 | my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect. My time was my own |
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