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Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat

(4,286 Sterne; 7 Bewertungen)

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

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Section 2, Consular Experiences

32:46

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Section 3, Consular Experiences

23:30

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Section 4, Leamington Spa

21:23

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Section 5, Leamington Spa

32:06

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Section 6, About Warwick

28:56

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Section 7, About Warwick

26:01

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Section 8, Recollections of a Gifted Woman

33:23

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Section 9, Recollections of a Gifted Woman

36:12

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Section 10, Lichfield and Uttoxeter

43:06

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Section 11, Pilgrimage to Old Boston

34:40

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Section 12, Pilgrimage to Old Boston

27:45

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Section 13, Near Oxford

26:38

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Section 14, Near Oxford

32:18

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Section 15, Some of the Haunts of Burns

48:32

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Section 16, A London Suburb

35:16

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Section 17, A London Suburb

36:14

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Section 18, Up the Thames

34:01

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Section 19, Up the Thames

46:24

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Section 20, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty

38:06

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Section 21, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty

38:50

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Section 22, Civic Banquets

23:06

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Section 23, Civic Banquets

23:24

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Section 24, Civic Banquets

39:00

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Bewertungen

A MASTERFUL OBSERVER

(4,5 Sterne)

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.