A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Five Orange Pips" by firelight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.

Five dried orange seeds arrive in the post, and three men die. Holmes traces a shadow reaching back across the Atlantic.

Narrator: calm British voice, ~48 minutes

Rain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by Liecio

Text: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)

New classic-literature bedtime readings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. Subscribe to fall asleep to Dickens, Brontë, Poe, Stoker, Wilde and more.

A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" by firelight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.

A country estate, a dying man's last word, and a son accused of murdering his father — Holmes sees through the obvious suspect.

Narrator: calm British voice, ~62 minutes

Rain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by Liecio

Text: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)

New classic-literature bedtime readings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. Subscribe to fall asleep to Dickens, Brontë, Poe, Stoker, Wilde and more.

A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by firelight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.

A governess is offered a suspiciously generous salary to cut her hair and wear a blue dress — and something far stranger is hidden in the house.

Narrator: calm British voice, ~64 minutes

Rain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by Liecio

Text: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)

New classic-literature bedtime readings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. Subscribe to fall asleep to Dickens, Brontë, Poe, Stoker, Wilde and more.

A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by firelight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.A Christmas goose, a lost bowler hat, and a priceless stolen gem lead Holmes through London's holiday streets.Narrator: calm British voice, ~53 minutesRain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by LiecioText: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)New classic-literature bedtime readings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. Subscribe to fall asleep to Dickens, Brontë, Poe, Stoker, Wilde and more.

A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Red-Headed League" by firelight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.

A pawnbroker is paid handsomely to copy out an encyclopedia — then the absurd job suddenly ends, and Holmes sees what it was really hiding.

Narrator: calm British voice, ~60 minutes

Rain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by Liecio

Text: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)

New classic-literature bedtime readings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. Subscribe to fall asleep to Dickens, Brontë, Poe, Stoker, Wilde and more.

A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia" by firelight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes matches wits with the one person who ever outsmarted him — opera singer Irene Adler, blackmailing a king.

Narrator: calm British voice, ~60 minutes

Rain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by Liecio

Text: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)

New classic-literature bedtime readings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. Subscribe to fall asleep to Dickens, Brontë, Poe, Stoker, Wilde and more.

A quiet reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by lamplight, with soft rain and a low fireplace. Fall asleep to Sherlock Holmes.

Narrator: calm British voice, ~65 minutes

Rain ambience: Pixabay CC-BY "Calming Rain" by Liecio

Text: public domain via Project Gutenberg (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892)