A locket sold in a ruined mill, a conversation overheard through a door, and a girl who keeps an appointment on a dark staircase.
Retold for sleep from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, first published in 1838 and long out of copyright. The story is Dickens's; every sentence here is our own.
Oliver Twist — A Strange Interview is a sleep story from Salūs — a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace.
Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android — hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.