Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The New Dress- By Virginia Woolf

The New Dress by Virginia Woolf — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime

If sleep feels far away tonight, let Virginia Woolf's The New Dress carry you there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime story follows Mabel Waring through a single anxious evening at a party, her insecurities rising and falling like a slow tide, read gently to ease you toward sleep.

This is a Calming Anxiety production, read by host Martin Hewlett as part of our nightly Books at Bedtime and Coffee Break for the Soul series of classic story readings for insomnia and relaxation. For more sleep stories and calming audio whenever you need them, download Anchored on iOS, with Android arriving September 2026.

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First published in 1927 in The Forum magazine, The New Dress is one of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway party stories, quietly modern and deeply human, and is now in the public domain in the US. Let Mabel's evening unfold slowly in the dark, and let your own thoughts soften as hers do.

If you enjoyed this reading, explore more classic story episodes in our Books at Bedtime and Coffee Break for the Soul archive, available wherever you listen to Calming Anxiety.

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