{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Pneuma with Daniel Finneran","title":"A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens | Fall Asleep With Me","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2160,"description":"\"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...\"Is there, in all literature, an opening line with which more minds are stamped? A passage more famous and quotable than that with which Dickens' timeless classic begins? I think not! Set in those two great centers of learning and culture, London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities follows the tribulations of Dr. Manette, his blue-eyed daughter, Lucie, and her dashing, strong-willed husband, the expatriate Charles Darnay. It is, according to every clear-thinking reader, one of Western literature's finest works of historical fiction. While we all know and repeat the book's opening line, I ask you, do you remember the somewhat lesser-known sentence with which it ends? \"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known\". Precisely our goal!--A \"far, far better rest\" awaits you (not the rest of death), if you'll only listen to this episode with me! If you have a favorite book that you want read in a sleepy style, or if you're the author of an original work to which you'd like to draw more attention, drop me a line at pneuma.finneran@gmail.com. I will read it on this show. Be sure to subscribe to this channel and leave a five-star rating! ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9nhvrEDXeA1Im6ACgqukO18eM3wbLU389-iPUb8KO9A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYWFm/MDM3MTgxMmQ4Mjhl/M2YyMDJmZmRkNGY4/N2E1Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}