Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - The Singing Lesson - by Katherine Mansfield

The Singing Lesson by Katherine Mansfield — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime

If sleep feels far away tonight, let Katherine Mansfield's The Singing Lesson carry you gently there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime sleep story follows Miss Meadows, a music teacher whose heartbreak colours an entire school day, from a mournful morning lesson to an unexpected telegram that changes everything, read slowly 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 short story readings for insomnia relief and relaxation. For more calming bedtime stories and relaxing audio whenever you need it, download Anchored on iOS, with Android arriving September 2026.

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Written in 1920 and first published in Katherine Mansfield's 1922 collection The Garden Party and Other Stories, The Singing Lesson is one of her most loved works of modernist short fiction and is now in the public domain in the US. If you enjoyed our earlier reading of Miss Brill, this is another gentle, emotionally rich Mansfield story to fall asleep to.

Let Miss Meadows' long school day settle slowly around you as a calming audiobook for bedtime, and let your own thoughts soften into sleep. If you enjoyed this reading, explore more relaxing sleep stories and classic audiobooks in our Books at Bedtime and Coffee Break for the Soul archive, available wherever you listen to Calming Anxiety.

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