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  What Sleepbound Is 25.08.2026

  A short introduction to Sleepbound: bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups, read slowly enough to fall asleep to. The full catalogue is at https://sleepbound.net, and part one is free on a selection of our series. Join on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound
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  Clara Lennox’s Compendium of Spectres – Part 1 28.07.2026 46мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Dr. Clara Lennox has spent eight years cataloguing the spectres of the British Isles. Tonight, she steps off a ferry onto the Isle of Arra with a mummified manuscript, an academic rival she's been avoiding, and a ginger cat who has hated this expedition since Oban. The islanders don't speak of the Grey Walkers. One just did. Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Beverages, History, Light Peril, Travel, Weather. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Alex
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  The Princess Bride – Part 1: The Year Buttercup Was Born 10.07.2026 1ч 3мин

  The Princess Bride – Part 1 Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we meet Buttercup — not yet the most beautiful woman in the world, not yet in love, just a girl on a horse named Horse, with a farm boy who answers every command with three quiet words. This is where it all begins: the hills of Florin, the farm, a boy in a hovel who reads by candlelight. Part 1 opens gently — a comic history of beauty, a girl who couldn't care less, and a phrase repeated so often it begins to mean something else. A threshold reading, perfect for settling in. This is a slow, wry fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just golden farmland, a patient boy, and three words that carry the whole story. Thanks for being here with us tonight. Sweet dreams. — Ian & Alex 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love a story that knows exactly what it is — a fairy tale told with warmth and a wink You want something slow enough to actually let go Old kingdoms, dry wit, and a boy who says "As you wish" is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the quiet of the Florin farmlands do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food and sweets, Animals, Illness, Romance, Mild violence.
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  Hansel and Gretel — by Brothers Grimm 29.06.2026 1ч 14мин

  Hansel and Gretel A Sleepbound Bedtime Retelling Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we step back to the edge of the great forest — Hansel with the wooden wren in his pocket, Gretel watching for the white bird among the bean-rows, and their father humming a slow going-down tune into the dark after them. The hunger hasn't come yet. The good years are still going by, quiet as a stream. This is a slow, fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No urgency. Just the woodcutter's fire, the sound of cold water over mossy stone, and two children who know the wood the way other children know the rooms of a house. We've taken the old story and breathed more room into it — room for summer afternoons by the spring, for a little birch-bark boat, for the warmth of a remembered voice. It's a bedtime telling: unhurried, close, and made for the hour when the world shrinks to the small gold reach of the firelight. Settle in. There's no rush to what comes next. Thanks for making space for stories like this one. Sweet dreams. — Ian & Alex 💤 This story is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love fairy tales told slowly, with room to breathe You want something gentle enough to actually let go Cottages at the forest's edge and firelit evenings are your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the going-down tune do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food, Loss, Animals, Fire, Weather, Forest, Children.
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  Clouds of Witness – Chapter 1: Of His Malice Aforethought 19.06.2026 52мин

  Clouds of Witness – Part 1 By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Lord Peter Wimsey is lying in a silk bathrobe at the Hôtel Meurice — café au lait barely set down, a Corsican holiday behind him — when Bunter folds The Times to the headline: Duke of Denver Arrested on Murder Charge. A fine place to begin. This is Sayers's second Wimsey novel, and Part 1 opens in 1920s England — shooting-lodges, a body found outside the conservatory at Riddlesdale Lodge, and a ducal family in the dock. Wimsey's dry wit arrives from the first page; so does Bunter, already repacking the bags. This is a slow, 1920s detective reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just a Paris hotel, a folded newspaper, and terrible news with the coffee. Thanks for listening with us tonight. Sweet dreams. — Ian & Alex 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love golden-age detective fiction — or the Wimsey novels in particular You want something slow enough to actually let go 1920s England, aristocratic houses, and very dry wit is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the autumn morning at the Hôtel Meurice do the rest. Includes mentions of: Murder, Court inquest, Illness, Travel.
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  The Honey Year – Chapters 1–3: Keys and the Smell of Rosemary 01.06.2026 59мин

  The Honey Year – Part 1 By Iola Marsh Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts "She was the sort of woman whose cooking carried." Tonight, Effie is standing in the emptied school kitchen with a ring of brass keys warm in her palm — rosemary still caught in the limewash, the tap still dripping behind her. A letter from Athens, two keys on a piece of folded twine, and somewhere on the island of Anemos: a cottage that has been waiting. Part 1 travels from London to Anemos — a solicitor's letter, Mrs Whitlock's counsel over seed cake on Lamb's Conduit Street, and at last the cottage itself: fig tree, beeswax, pale green morning light through the open shutters. A slow, tender opening to a quiet, character-led story. This is a slow, island-set English reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No drama. Just brass keys, a cleared kitchen, and the first morning in a cottage on Anemos. Thanks for being here with us. Sweet dreams. — Ian & Alex Your copy The Honey Year is available to buy on Amazon — find it here . As an Early Access member, your copy is attached to this post — no purchase needed. 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love quiet, character-led stories set on sun-warmed Greek islands You want something slow enough to actually let go Early-twentieth-century English fiction with an unhurried mystery at its heart is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the smell of orange peel and beeswax in a cottage on Anemos do the rest. Includes mentions of: Bereavement, Travel, Food and Drink, Baking, Tea, Animals, History.
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  Whose Body? 30.04.2026 5ч 57мин

  Whose Body? — The Complete Audiobook By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Hello, dear supporters — thank you so much for being here. Tonight's reading is a real treat: the complete, unabridged audiobook of Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers, all thirteen chapters in one long, cosy listen. This is the mystery that introduced the world to the wonderfully witty Lord Peter Wimsey — a nobleman with a monocle, a quick mind, and an irresistible fondness for puzzles. When a naked stranger turns up in a Battersea bathtub, and a prominent financier vanishes from his London townhouse on the very same night, Peter can't help but get involved. What follows is a deliciously clever tale of imposture, deduction, and a villain hiding in plain sight — all unfolding at a pace perfectly suited to a quiet evening under the covers. We hope it carries you gently off to sleep. Settle in, get comfortable , and let tonight's mystery do the rest. Thank you, truly, for making this possible. 🤍 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sleepbound 🌙 More audiobooks: https://sleepbound.net/ 💛 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound
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  Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 1 22.04.2026 56мин

  Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 1 By Hugo Ashcombe Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Welcome, dear listeners — and a warm welcome to those settling in with Sleepbound for the very first time tonight. We begin something new this evening: an original fan fiction audiobook set in the world of Downton Abbey, following seventeen-year-old Violet Pembury through her second London Season. Clever and quietly aware of every penny her family doesn't have, Violet surveys the marriage market at Lady Whitmore's glittering ball — until a quiet viscount with steady brown eyes and working hands catches her attention rather more than she'd planned. This is an original fan fiction work — not affiliated with the official Downton Abbey franchise — written and produced with deep affection for that world. As a Patreon supporter, the complete audiobook is yours to download and keep. Thank you, truly, for being here. Beauty, wit, blood — and no money. The mathematics of the Season were brutal, and Violet had learned them early. Follow the channel and leave a like if you're enjoying the story — it makes a real difference. If you love the world of Downton, our sister channel Sleepbound Nights carries an original sequel series set after the show — well worth a listen. Next episode, Violet finds herself seated beside Lord Downton at supper, and the conversation takes a turn neither of them quite anticipated. Sleep well tonight. Includes mentions of: Beverages, Gaslit settings, Romance, Financial pressures, Period social customs.
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  The House at 3:47 – Part 1 08.10.2025 1ч 6мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we begin The House at 3:47 — a five-night story. Margot Chen has just inherited a sprawling old house on Bellweather Lane. On her first night inside, walking its silent rooms, she starts to sense that the house doesn't quite exist in one moment at a time. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Halloween Special 03.10.2025 1ч 32мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, a Halloween special — the full story of Sleepy Hollow. We follow Ichabod Crane, the angular schoolmaster with an eye for Katrina Van Tassel and an ear for ghost stories, through a Dutch valley where the mist sits low and the Horseman rides after dark. Includes mentions of: History, Romance, Food, Animals, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Modern Retelling 03.10.2025 1ч 28мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Picture Tarry Town at dusk — a drowsy Hudson Valley village where the lanes are quiet and the old legend still rides the roads after nightfall. Tonight, we begin a gentle contemporary retelling of Sleepy Hollow: the hollow, its haunting, and the night Ichabod Crane takes the wrong road home. Includes mentions of: Food, Animals, Romance, History, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  Howl’s Moving Castle – The Witch’s Halloween Masquerade – Part 1 26.09.2025 53мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Sophie Pendragon's Thursday morning was perfectly ordinary — which, inside a walking castle with a talking fire, is always a warning sign. A black envelope sealed in orange wax arrives at her flower shop, demanding her presence at the Witch of the Waste's All Hallows' Eve masquerade. Costumes mandatory. Curses optional. Includes mentions of: Light Peril, Animals, Food. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  Fiddler on the Roof – Part 1 10.09.2025 42мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we arrive in Anatevka — a small village in Tsarist Russia where tradition is the only rope worth holding. We meet Tevye the milkman: five daughters, a stubborn horse, and a head full of conversations with God. Above it all, a fiddler plays. Includes mentions of: Religious traditions, Animals, Family, Romance. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  The Moomins: A Winter Sleep 01.08.2025 18мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we return to Moomin Valley as the first snowflakes begin to fall outside the little blue house. Autumn is fading, and the Moomin family is making everything cosy and warm before the valley settles into its long, quiet sleep. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  The Moomins: A Valley Sleep Story 01.08.2025 27мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we step back into the valley — the quiet one, with the blue house and the whispering woods. The little troll and his wandering friend are heading toward the sea tonight, following the path through the pines all the way down to the sleeping shore. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  The Moomins: A Valley Sleep Story (with SFX & Music) 01.08.2025 28мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we travel to a soft green valley in the spirit of the Moomins — where a little troll lives in a round blue house, and the sleeping sea waits beyond the whispering woods. He and a wandering friend set out tonight, and we walk beside them all the way to the shore. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  Pride and Prejudice - Full Audiobook (Rainy Version) 22.06.2025 14ч 30мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Picture a drawing room in rural England — five unmarried daughters, an excitable mother, and a wealthy young gentleman just moved in next door. Across sixteen chapters, we follow Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates wit, pride, and the slow, reluctant business of falling in love. Includes mentions of: Romance, Social class, Financial precarity, Travel, Balls and dancing, Beverages. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – Part 1 10.06.2025 48мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts We begin tonight in a Jerusalem dungeon — the twelfth century, torchlight on cold stone, and two prisoners with one plan between them. One is Robin of Locksley, an English lord. The other is Azeem. By the end of this chapter, a debt is struck that will carry them both home to England. Includes mentions of: History, Captivity, Light Peril, Mild Violence, Mention of Loss, Travel. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  Downton Abbey – Part 3: Awkward Moments 24.03.2025 54мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we settle into the rhythms of Downton Abbey — the servants moving through their early hours before the family stirs, the house running on its quiet, elaborate machinery of duty and propriety. Upstairs, the Crawleys carry the weight of changed inheritance with practiced composure. Downstairs, the whispers have already started. Includes mentions of: Mention of Loss, History, Beverages, Formal Service. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian
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  Pride and Prejudice – Part 1 24.03.2025 1ч 10мин

  Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium. → patreon.com/c/SleepBound Our other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after: → Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts → Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Jane Austen was barely twenty-one when she first wrote this. Tonight, we begin at Longbourn, where Mrs. Bennet has just heard the news she has been waiting for: Netherfield Park has a new tenant. He is unmarried. He is rich. She has five daughters. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian