| Description |
262 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- The mouse / Saki -- East of the sun, west of the moon / Andrew Lang -- Wanderer's night song / Goethe, trans. Henry W. Longfellow - - The selfish giant / Oscar Wilde -- A pair of silk stockings / Kate Chopin -- The aunt and Amabel / E. Nesbit -- Moon song / Mildred Plew Meigs -- The wind and the willows (excerpt) / Kenneth Grahame -- A portrait / Guy De Maupassant, trans. Albert McMaster -- The golden windows / Laura E. Richards -- To sleep / William Wordsworth -- The diary of a Nobody (excerpt) / George & Weedon Grossmith -- The drawing of the sword / Andrew Lang -- The tiredness of Rosabel / Katherine Mansfield -- Clouds / Christina Rossetti -- The beauties / Anton Chekhov, trans. Constance Garnett -- Alice in wonderland (excerpt) / Lewis Carroll -- Kew gardens / Virginia Woolf -- The legend of O'Donoghue / T. Crofton Croker -- Wynken, Blynken and Nod / Eugene Field -- Xingu / Edith Wharton -- Heidi (excerpt) / Johanna Spyri -- From 'Bacchanalia' / Matthew Arnold -- Three questions / Leo Tolstoy, trans. Alymer & Louise Maude -- Far away and long ago (excerpt) / W.H. Hudson -- Anne of Green Gables (excerpt) / L.M. Montgomery -- Night / William Blake -- 'Meadow thoughts' from The life of the fields / Richard Jefferies -- Gloire de Dijon / D.H. Lawrence -- Th secret garden (excerpt) / Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The spinner and the monks (excerpt) / D.H. Lawrence -- From 'Amanda' / Nathaniel Hookes |
| Summary |
This cheering book of best loved short tales, extracts and poems will calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep. A good night's sleep is essential for our well being and our health, but in our busy lives sleep is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well and sleep just a page or two away. From classic stories by Oscar Wilde, Guy de Maupassant and Katherine Mansfield, to friendly tales of our childhoods, to poetry that reminds us of the simple joys of life, this lovingly curated book will soothe a tired mind and gently carry you to the peaceful land of sleep. So switch off, snuggle down and allow yourself to escape into new worlds and old; magical, mysterious and tender realms that will accompany you to your own sweet dreams |
| Subject |
Sleep -- Literary collections.
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Stress management -- Fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9781473695917 hbk |
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1473695910 hbk |
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