Spend a rainy Saturday inside a Victorian bookshop, where warm lamplight falls across old books and the town comes in out of the wet. On Church Street in Bellminster, bookseller Edwin Marsh and his assistant Elsie get through an ordinary day of quiet conversations, thoughtful gifts and small kindnesses. A boy counts out the coins he has been saving since June. A crate of new stock arrives from the wholesaler. A father comes in looking for something for his daughter's ninth birthday. A little after noon, Clara comes in with a covered basket over one arm. As afternoon turns to evening, the shop grows quiet: books to straighten, shutters to close, and a walk home across the rain-washed square. Behind the story: Victorian booksellers worked alongside circulating libraries such as Mudie's, founded in 1842, where a guinea a year let a reader borrow one volume at a time — which is why so many novels came in three volumes. Further reading: Victorian Web – Mudie's Select Library: https://victorianweb.org/economics/mudie.html No music. Narrated with a calm synthetic voice. Also on Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer and iHeartRadio — links on the channel page. #BedtimeStory #Bookshop #RainyDay