Our Old Home
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read by Margaret Espaillat
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a series of travel articles for The Atlantic Monthly.
In these writings, he displays his humor, his empathetic nature, his pride in his country, and sometimes his sharp judgment of others. He shares with us the difficulties of being a consul in the 1850’s, takes us on a tour with him through rural England and Scotland, shows us the splendors of London, and the horrors of the poverty that so many suffered. (Introduction by Margaret) (13 hr 10 min)
Chapters
Section 1, Consular Experiences | 29:11 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 2, Consular Experiences | 32:46 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 3, Consular Experiences | 23:30 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 4, Leamington Spa | 21:23 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 5, Leamington Spa | 32:06 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 6, About Warwick | 28:56 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 7, About Warwick | 26:01 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 8, Recollections of a Gifted Woman | 33:23 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 9, Recollections of a Gifted Woman | 36:12 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 10, Lichfield and Uttoxeter | 43:06 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 11, Pilgrimage to Old Boston | 34:40 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 12, Pilgrimage to Old Boston | 27:45 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 13, Near Oxford | 26:38 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 14, Near Oxford | 32:18 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 15, Some of the Haunts of Burns | 48:32 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 16, A London Suburb | 35:16 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 17, A London Suburb | 36:14 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 18, Up the Thames | 34:01 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 19, Up the Thames | 46:24 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 20, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty | 38:06 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 21, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty | 38:50 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 22, Civic Banquets | 23:06 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 23, Civic Banquets | 23:24 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Section 24, Civic Banquets | 39:00 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Reviews
A MASTERFUL OBSERVER
Avid Listener
This book may not be for everyone, but it is a wonderful description of English customs and English tourist attractions during the mid-nineteenrh century. Anyone can look, but few can describe so realistically as does NH. The two sections on "Outside Glmpses Of English Poverty" are so realistic as to be depressing. The reader was excellent: good pace; good, consistent volume; and clearly understandable.