Nathaniel Hawthorne Audio Books

The Scarlet Letter is a novel published in 1850 and written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.

For anyone with an abiding interest in classic literature, we present this series of concise summaries of some of the most time-worn classics.

The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is set in Puritan New England in the 17th century. Exploring the issues of grace, legalism, and guilt, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman who commits adultry then struggles to create a new life.

Nathaniel Hawthorne is now considered to be one the first great American fiction writers. Though he's known primarily as the author of long form classics such as the The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne was also a prolific short story writer.

A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter "A" on her breast.

"The wrongdoing of one generation lives into the successive ones and… becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief." Hawthorne's moral for "The House of the Seven Gables," taken from the Preface, accurately presages his story.

This collection includes The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe; Ethan Brand by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers; The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford; and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.

A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains.

The Blithedale Romance (1852) is the third of the major novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

When ruthless Colonel Pyncheon acquired the land for his house by a false accusation of witchcraft...