Forgotten Classics: Nathaniel Hawthorne

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1.31.2017

Episode 336: True Ghost Stories by Hawthorne and Kipling

Kipling

Hawthorne

The Ghost of Dr. Harris by Nathaniel Hawthorne
My Own True Ghost Story by Rudyard Kipling

Episode 336, True Ghost Stories by Hawthorne and Kipling
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Book Information

Story rating: G for non-menacing true ghost stories by bemused, famous writers.
These stories are in the public domain.

Highlight

The Night Train to Munich (1940)

7.16.2016

Episode 312: Mrs. Bullfrog - The Wonderful Window

In which we encounter an unlikely and humorous marriage

and a fantastical view into another world.

Mrs. Bullfrog by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Wonderful Window by Lord Dunsany.

Episode 312, Mrs. Bullfrog - The Wonderful Window
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Book Information

Story rating: G for interesting marriages and unusual windows.
These stories are in the public domain.

Movie Highlight

Ushpizin

10.29.2013

Episode 234: Young Goodman Brown

In which we are transported to 17th century Salem village
for an encounter with Puritans, witch-meetings and pink ribbons.

Episode 234, Young Goodman Brown
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Book Information

Story rating: PG for pink ribbons, devilish temptation, witches covens, and marital suspicion
This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight

Edgar Allan Poecast

10.22.2013

Episode 233: Rappaccini's Daughter, Part II

In which the whole truth about Beatrice ... and about Giovanni ... is discovered.

Episode 233, Rappaccini's Daughter, part II
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Book Information

Story rating: PG for poisonous flowers, love, and scholarly antagonism
This story is in the public domain.

Halloween Listening

10.16.2013

Episode 232: Rappaccini's Daughter, part I

In which a young man from Padua spies a beautiful maiden in her garden.
But is there something deadly there too?

Episode 232, Rappaccini's Daughter, part I
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Book Information

Story rating: PG for poisonous flowers, love, and scholarly antagonism
This story is in the public domain.

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John Whitbourne, author of The Binscombe Tales says:

A friend has belatedly alerted me to your reading of my ‘The Binscombe Tales – Another Place’ last year.

Having listened twice now I accordingly wanted to contact you and, firstly, say thank you for your kind words re my series. And secondly, to congratulate on both your wonderful reading voice and your particular reading of my humble tale, which, if I may say so, showed remarkable… understanding.

I’ll confess I’ve rarely revisited that particular (first in the long sequence) story, although for no clear reason, and haven’t ever thought of it as any particular favourite. However, after now hearing your version I’ll concede it might have some small merit…

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I've Read That says:
If you didn't know better, you'd think you were listening to a professionally produced audiobook. (Actually, I prefer her reading style to that of many of the professional audiobook narrators I've come across.)

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1.31.2017

Episode 336: True Ghost Stories by Hawthorne and Kipling

7.16.2016

Episode 312: Mrs. Bullfrog - The Wonderful Window

10.29.2013

Episode 234: Young Goodman Brown

10.22.2013

Episode 233: Rappaccini's Daughter, Part II

10.16.2013

Episode 232: Rappaccini's Daughter, part I