The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

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03/08/23

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148m

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The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook.

Genre: folklore

Set among the granite peaks, deep notches, and sudden storms of New Hampshire's White Mountains, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains gathers a haunting set of legends that blend New England landscape with moral wonder. The centerpiece tale follows Ernest, a humble village boy who grows to manhood beneath the shadow of the Great Stone Face, a vast natural profile carved into a mountain. A local prophecy claims that one day a person will appear whose life and character mirror that stern, noble visage, and Ernest watches the passing years as travelers, heroes, and celebrated figures come and go, each tested against the mountain's silent standard. Surrounding this story are additional mountain chronicles of peril, desire, and awe: guests drawn to lonely houses on tempest nights, seekers tempted by unearthly riches, and wanderers who discover that the wilderness can reflect the darkest corners of the heart. With vivid scenery and a quiet, fable-like voice, Hawthorne explores ambition, humility, community, and the uneasy line between nature's beauty and its power.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:28:49) Chapter 2

(00:56:53) Chapter 3

(01:20:31) Chapter 4

(02:03:15) Chapter 5

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:57) Chapter 02

(01:13:50) Chapter 03

(01:49:13) Chapter 04

(02:17:11) Chapter 05

(02:54:20) Chapter 06

(03:31:31) Chapter 07

(04:05:12) Chapter 08

(04:50:28) Chapter 09

(05:28:30) Chapter 10

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130m

A Network of Crime by Nicholas Carter audiobook.

Genre: mystery

When a frantic phone call reaches Nick Carter's Madison Avenue home, his junior assistant Patsy Garvan learns that Frank Mantell needs the famous detective at once: there is half a million dollars at stake, and time is running out. But Nick and his chief assistant, Chick Carter, are already on another urgent assignment - a brutal double murder in a quiet Manhattanville house that should have been empty. Inside, the evidence points to a savage struggle, a planned meeting gone wrong, and intruders who may have used a false rental to secure the perfect trap.As Patsy races to connect Mantell's desperate business with Nick's grisly crime scene, the case begins to widen beyond a single night of violence. A battered suitcase, a bloodstained slouch hat, and whispers of a man from Mexico hint at a far larger plot, where respectable fronts and waterfront dealings conceal a tangled web of thieves, gangsters, and high value loot. To untie the knot, Nick must trace each thread through New York's underworld, testing every alibi and every disguise - before the hidden network strikes again.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:22) Chapter 02

(00:30:08) Chapter 03

(00:44:41) Chapter 04

(01:01:03) Chapter 05

(01:18:18) Chapter 06

(01:30:55) Chapter 07

(01:38:51) Chapter 08

(01:52:04) Chapter 09

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