The Last Adventure of a Coquette

A Sleep Story

Our Bedtime Stories are designed to let you drift off with no nagging feeling that you need to listen through to the end. Their purpose is to let you slowly fall into peaceful, restful sleep.

Press play and gently drift off to the dulcet tones of rapper Yung Gravy reading Thomas Mayne Reid’s classic 1847 short story "The Last Adventure of a Coquette".

Photo credit: Dylan Roberts

Public Domain (P)2025 Audible, Inc.

Interesting

Yung Gravy knocked it out of the park with an appropriate performance of such a scandalous work (spoiler ahead). In that time period such sensitive material would have been best presented by a dispassionate male of some social standing. Gravy did this on his performance though I must say that his affect improved as he read. Quite well done. As for the spoiler...it's not quite the bodice ripper it once was, this story. The coquette resented the pomp and arrogance of her fancy suitor and so cleverly tricked him to make arrangements for an elopement but, not to him! Instead of marrying him she swiftly eloped with the poor artist whom she was really in love with. Her jilted suitor never showed his face in town again! And, it ended well despite her coquettishly behavior, because she had children and became quite matronly

More gravy

He could read the dictionary to me and get 5 stars. Need more gravy options

I don't know why this exists

But I'm delighted it does. Something about the wild vibe mismatch between reader and story brings out the charm in both and totally does it for me.

This is amazing

18th century lit read by a deep voiced rap legend?? Ummm yes please! Love bedtime stories again!

A real “Sleeper”! Thank you!

Honestly can’t say much. It’s meant for drifting one off to sleep— worked great for me. I don’t know what it’s about.