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The Nathaniel Hawthorne Library

The Nathaniel Hawthorne Library

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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In this quiet chamber of spoken pages, the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne are restored to their living breath. Here you will find full-length readings drawn from shadowed forests, scarlet emblems, and the hidden chambers of the human heart. Tales where conscience walks beside mystery, and every whispered sentence carries the weight of another age.

Listen, and wander slowly through stories shaped by solitude, moral struggle, and the faint glow of lantern-light, as though the past itself had found a voice once more.Public domain
Episodes
  • Mosses From An Old Manse - Sketches From Memory

    Mosses From An Old Manse - Sketches From Memory
    Mar 24 2026
    In which we embark upon a journey through the majestic and mysterious White Mountains, encountering a curious assembly of travellers whose varied tales imbue the wild region with a certain lively charm amidst its grandeur and harshness. The narrative then gently shifts to a different mode of passage—an interminable voyage along the Erie Canal—where the quiet monotony is enlivened by human follies and fleeting moments of unexpected mirth that glimmer like faint lights amid a somber landscape.
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    39 mins
  • Mosses From An Old Manse - Passages from a Relinquished Work

    Mosses From An Old Manse - Passages from a Relinquished Work
    Mar 24 2026
    In which a young man, nurtured under the austere care of a stern parson yet inclined towards a life of wandering storytelling, sets forth from his native village under a veil of mist and misgiving to seek his fortune and freedom. Amid melancholy farewells and curious companionship with a shy pilgrim, he encounters the varied humours of public performance and the persistent shadow of his guardian’s rigid expectations.
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    38 mins
  • Mosses From An Old Manse - Earth's Holocaust

    Mosses From An Old Manse - Earth's Holocaust
    Mar 23 2026
    In which a vast and symbolic bonfire consumes the detritus of human history and folly—from the insignia of nobility, instruments of war, and intoxicating spirits, to books, laws, and religious emblems—in a fervent aspiration for societal renewal and universal peace. Yet amid the splendour and tumult of this grand purgation, a somber reflection arises that true reform must kindle the human heart itself, lest all else be but ashes scattered upon the wind.
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    54 mins
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