The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

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06/22/23

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The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.

Genre: 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 lived in 1841. These communes arose out of the pressures on society and the individual brought by the Industrial Revolution. Some were organized around religious philosophies, some were secular. Among the secularists, the Transcendental movement mentioned in the novel espoused the idea that the individual's intuition, rather than religious dogma, was the true path to spiritual enlightenment. Our four characters, like so many who fled to these communes, struggle to free mankind from bondage as they struggle with the unaccustomed day-to-day tasks of farm life. But they are plagued by a mystery that follows them from the world, and ultimately leads to tragedy.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:41) Chapter 01

(00:14:24) Chapter 02

(00:25:27) Chapter 03

(00:44:33) Chapter 04

(01:02:38) Chapter 05

(01:17:41) Chapter 06

(01:39:51) Chapter 07

(01:58:59) Chapter 08

(02:24:42) Chapter 09

(02:52:30) Chapter 10

(03:08:13) Chapter 11

(03:27:23) Chapter 12

(03:43:36) Chapter 13

(04:08:09) Chapter 14

(04:33:07) Chapter 15

(04:51:36) Chapter 16

(05:08:48) Chapter 17

(05:25:51) Chapter 18

(05:40:06) Chapter 19

(05:57:56) Chapter 20

(06:09:16) Chapter 21

(06:25:46) Chapter 22

(06:52:35) Chapter 23

(07:15:16) Chapter 24

(07:34:56) Chapter 25

(07:53:25) Chapter 26

(08:08:33) Chapter 27

(08:26:56) Chapter 28

(08:41:45) Chapter 29

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Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

June 22, 2023

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Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

In a shadowed corner of old Padua, a young scholar named Giovanni Guasconti arrives to continue his studies and finds himself drawn to a mysterious garden unlike any he has ever seen. Tended by the brilliant and secretive Dr. Rappaccini, the walled enclosure blooms with vivid, almost unnatural beauty - and an undercurrent of danger that seems to cling to every leaf and petal. From his window, Giovanni glimpses Beatrice, Rappaccini's secluded daughter, moving among the plants with an eerie grace, as if she belongs to the garden as much as it belongs to her. As Giovanni's fascination turns to love, he is pulled into a tense struggle between devotion and suspicion, innocence and experience, and the competing ambitions of men who claim to act in the name of science and mercy. With its intoxicating atmosphere and moral unease, Hawthorne's tale explores obsession, the costs of tampering with nature, and the tragic consequences of trying to possess or purify what we do not fully understand.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:24:20) Chapter 2

(00:55:21) Chapter 3

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The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

June 22, 2023

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322m

The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.

Genre: romance

This post-humous collection of stories, sketches and essays by celebrated quintessential New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us glimpses of the many different facets of Hawthorne's personality. The titular tale The Dolliver Romance was an unfinished manuscript that was edited and prepared for publication after Hawthorne's death and relates the story of an aged man with a small child in his care who swallows a magical tincture daily that rejuvenates his vitality, reversing the aging process. Also in a more fantastical vein are the stories 'The Ancient Ring', a legend told of a ring cursed, and 'Graves a Goblins', a wryly humorous and moving tale from the point of view of a ghost. In addition, found within are non-fiction essays such as 'Sketches from Memory' and 'My Trip to Niagara' where Hawthorne evokes a sense of place and time in a most remarkable and vivid fashion. We also see Hawthorne's somber, allegorical side in stories such as 'Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man' and 'The Old Woman's Tale', stories told with a nuanced touch. For fans of Hawthorne, this collection provides a last look at various works a master storyteller has given so generously.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:33:57) Chapter 02

(00:58:49) Chapter 03

(01:34:50) Chapter 04

(01:48:36) Chapter 05

(02:22:07) Chapter 06

(02:39:08) Chapter 07

(03:09:27) Chapter 08

(03:28:39) Chapter 09

(03:47:31) Chapter 10