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"It may give him a sleepless night" [FIVE]
Have you had trouble sleeping lately? You're not alone. There were plenty of people in the Sherlock Holmes stories who struggled to sleep as well.
Whether it was because they were horrified by something that happened to them, troubled by something they did, or were determined to crack a problem, they lost sleep over it. It may not seem like it to you, but it's just a Trifle.
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Links / Notes
- This episode: ihose.co/trifles178
- On the Sleepless Lives of Writers (LitHub)
- Charles Dickens: Observer of Sleep and Its Disorders (American Sleep Disorders Association and Sleep Research Society)
- Short film: Honoré de Balzac's 50 Cups of Coffee a Day (Amazon Prime Video)
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Music credits
Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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