Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The scene is 17th century Boston. Beautiful, darkhaired Hester Prynne, the heroine, gives birth to an illegitimate child. Persecuted by the church and the puritanical townspeople she is placed on trial for adultery. Proud, strong, intensely loyal, she...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

This inspired audiobook tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is generally considered to be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece. Set in 17th century Boston, it follows the plight of Hester Prynne, a young woman who bears a child out of wedlock, refuses to name the father, and is condemned to...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

First published in 1850, "The Scarlet Letter" is a historical fiction novel set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony. The book centers on Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an extramarital affair and struggles with the...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th-century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given...

The Marble Faun

The Marble Faun

The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, Gothic novel, and travel guide. In the spring of 1858,...

True Stories from History and Biography

True Stories from History and Biography

Not Yet Available Author - Nathaniel Hawthorne. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Twice Told Tales

Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.Hawthorne...

Twice Told Tales

Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name....

The Blithedale Romance

The Blithedale Romance

The Blithedale Romance is Nathaniel Hawthorne's third major romance. Its setting is a utopian farming commune based on Brook Farm, of which Hawthorne was a founding member and where he lived in 1841. The novel dramatizes the conflict between the...

La lettre écarlate

La lettre écarlate

Dans une Nouvelle-Angleterre puritaine du XVIIe siècle, Hester Prynne est marquée d'une lettre écarlate, symbole de son péché et de sa honte. Condamnée pour adultère, elle doit porter ce signe infamant sur sa poitrine et vivre en marge de la société....

scharlaken letter

scharlaken letter

Not Yet Available Author - Nathaniel Hawthorne. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Mosses From An Old Manse

Mosses From An Old Manse

Mosses from an Old Manse is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. The collection includes several previously-published short stories and is named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the...

The Blithedale Romance

The Blithedale Romance

The Blithedale Romance is the story of four principal characters who work with -- and sometimes against -- each other on Blithedale, a communal farm antecedent to those that sprang up later in the 1960s, and similar to one on which Hawthorne himself...

La letra escarlata

La letra escarlata

La letra escarlata refleja la historia moral de la Nueva Inglaterra: el amor puritano por la religión, en pugna con la religión pagana del amor. Más no sólo es una imagen de Nueva Inglaterra, sino del mismo Hawthorne. Hay un jirón de Hawthorne en cada...

Short Stories About War

Short Stories About War

Diplomacy by other means may, at times, sound heroic. A fight for principles and ideals carried out by young men armed to the teeth and directed by older men in pursuit of their own version of glory for themselves and their Nations. Right will triumph...

Short Stories About Madness

Short Stories About Madness

We are all driven by needs, desires, ambitions and many other forces. Life runs as normal with the obligatory ups and downs.However, sometimes the ‘off’ switch in our heads doesn’t quite work as intended. The world, ourselves, and others, are seen in...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a powerful exploration of sin, guilt, and redemption set in Puritan New England. The novel follows Hester Prynne, who, after bearing an illegitimate child, is condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for adultery....

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, The Scarlet Letter tackles the subjects of social stigma, shame, and judgment. Hester Prynne is at the forefront of the scandal, subject to public humiliation for bearing a child out of wedlock. Forced to wear a...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Immerse yourself in the timeless classic, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, brought to life in this captivating audiobook rendition. Set in 17th-century Puritan New England, this tale follows Hester Prynne, a woman branded with a scarlet...

Scarlet Letter (version 2)

Scarlet Letter (version 2)

This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to signify her...

The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables

‘To inherit a great fortune. To inherit a great misfortune.’ These words, from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s notebook, neatly encapsulate the theme of The House of the Seven Gables – that of a family whose fortunes are poisoned by its past misdeeds. The sins...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. The scarlet...

La Letra Escarlata

La Letra Escarlata

La letra escarlata (The Scarlet Letter) es una novela de Nathaniel Hawthorne publicada en 1850 y considerada su obra cumbre.1 Está ambientada en la puritana Nueva Inglaterra de principios del siglo XVII y relata la historia de Hester Prynne, una...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature, Set in the harsh Puritan environment of seventeenth century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having...

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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The scene is 17th century Boston. Beautiful, darkhaired Hester Prynne, the heroine, gives birth to an illegitimate child. Persecuted by the church and the puritanical townspeople she is placed on trial for adultery. Proud, strong, intensely loyal, she...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

This inspired audiobook tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

First published in 1850, "The Scarlet Letter" is a historical fiction novel set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony. The book centers on Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an extramarital affair and struggles with the...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is generally considered to be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece. Set in 17th century Boston, it follows the plight of Hester Prynne, a young woman who bears a child out of wedlock, refuses to name the father, and is condemned to...

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th-century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A beautiful woman who is punished for the mortal sin of loving a man other than her husband, a cowardly lover, a vengeful husband, a rebellious illegitimate child and the oppressive and patriarchal morality of 17th century Puritanism in Boston....

The Marble Faun

The Marble Faun

The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, Gothic novel, and travel guide. In the spring of 1858,...

True Stories from History and Biography

True Stories from History and Biography

Not Yet Available Author - Nathaniel Hawthorne. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Twice Told Tales

Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.Hawthorne...

Twice Told Tales

Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name....