Twice Told Tales
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrator: The Ark
- Publisher: Author's Republic
- Duration: 17:06:38
Synopsis
Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.
Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Hawthorne entered Bowdoin College in 1821 and graduated in 1825. He published his first work in 1828, the novel Fanshawe; he later tried to suppress it, feeling it was not equal to the standard of his later work.[He published several short stories in periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The following year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody. He worked at the Boston Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment as consul took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to Concord in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their three children.
Chapters
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chapter 21
Duration: 25min -
chapter 22
Duration: 35min -
chapter 23
Duration: 30min -
chapter 24
Duration: 39min -
chapter 25
Duration: 29min -
chapter 26
Duration: 12min -
chapter 27
Duration: 31min -
chapter 28
Duration: 20min -
chapter 29
Duration: 18min -
chapter 30
Duration: 13min -
chapter 31
Duration: 43min -
chapter 32
Duration: 27min -
chapter 33
Duration: 52min -
chapter 34
Duration: 25min -
chapter 35
Duration: 14min -
chapter 36
Duration: 16min -
chapter 37
Duration: 18min -
chapter 38
Duration: 18min -
chapter 39
Duration: 28min -
chapter 40
Duration: 19min