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The Nathaniel Hawthorne Library

The Nathaniel Hawthorne Library

Written 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
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  • The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 13 - Alice Pyncheon

    The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 13 - Alice Pyncheon
    Feb 19 2026
    In which the proud carpenter Matthew Maule, heir to a disputed claim and shrouded in ancestral suspicion, is summoned to the House of the Seven Gables to parley with its owner, Mr. Pyncheon, touching on lost documents and mysterious family legacies that entwine their fates. Therein, through strange and spectral communion with the fair and haughty Alice Pyncheon, a subtle and potent influence is exercised, casting a shadow over the gentle maiden’s spirit and the household she adorns.
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    54 mins
  • The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 12 - The Daguerrotypist

    The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 12 - The Daguerrotypist
    Feb 19 2026
    In which we find the gentle Phœbe balancing the wearying demands of her cousin Clifford’s delicate health with the need to venture beyond the shadowed house, whilst forging a tentative acquaintance with the mysterious Holgrave, a restless spirit whose restless intellect and skeptical gaze unsettle yet fascinate her. Their discourse wanders from the weight of ancestral legacies to youthful hopes for renewal, with Holgrave's reflections casting a thoughtful, if unsettling, light upon the old house and those who dwell within its enigma.
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    33 mins
  • The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 11 - The Arched Window

    The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 11 - The Arched Window
    Feb 18 2026
    In which the gentle Clifford, with his childlike spirit and melancholy gaze, finds solace and occasional stirrings of life at the old arched window overlooking the street’s quiet bustle, where the passing scenes and sounds—both quaint and new—awaken fleeting moments of wonder and sorrow. An impulse towards communion with the larger world seizes him amidst a political procession and the joyous Sabbath morning, yet the shadows of isolation and past burdens draw him back into the sombre shelter of the venerable House of the Seven Gables.
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    32 mins
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