Nathaniel Hawthorne Audio Books

Listen to one of the all-time great works of American literature: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This newly published edition from LoudLit.org is professionally narrated by Mary Woods and available unabridged on MP3 download.

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.

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.

Listen to Nathaniel Hawthorne's haunting novel The House of the Seven Gables. The novel features the Pyncheon family and their gloomy New England mansion.

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.

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.

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

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

The story is set in Padua in a distant, but unspecified past. From his quarters, Giovanni, a young student of letters, observes Beatrice, the beautiful daughter of Dr. Rappaccini, a scientist working in isolation.