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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, a town synonymous with the earlier Salem Witch Trials. It was instrumental in Hawthorne’s later use of American Gothic and dark romanticism in his writing. He was a mere four years old when his father died and his mother took him and his two sisters to live with her family and then on to their own home in Raymond, Maine. The young Hawthorne had a passion for fiction and poetry and voraciously read the works of Ann Radcliffe, Henry Fielding and Lord Byron.

Am Lagerfeuer oder in der kalten Winternacht wurden sie früher erzählt: Gruselgeschichten, von Generation zu Generation weitergetragen. Ein eigenes literarisches Genre entwickelte sich daraus, und weltberühmte Autoren betätigten sich auf diesem Feld. Hören Sie klassische Geschichten und Novellen, die sich mit den Themen Horror, Schauer und Grusel befassen, darunter: Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde, Der Sandmann, Der Vampyr von John Polidori, zahlreiche Geschichten von Edgar Allan Poe, Die Insel des Dr. Moreau von H.G.

Natürlich denken wir bei dem Begriff "Science Fiction" unmittelbar an "Krieg der Sterne" oder "Raumschiff Enterprise", doch liegen die Anfänge des Genres weit in der Vergangenheit. Bereits im 18. Jahrhundert schrieb Jonathan Swift mit "Gullivers Reisen" einen frühen Klassiker der sogenannten "Zukunftsliteratur". In dieser großen Hörbuch Box geht es nicht um technikverliebte Weltraumliteratur a la "Perry Rhodan", sondern um klassische Literatur, die sich mit dem Thema beschäftigt, wie es in der Zukunft aussehen könnte, und das sowohl höchst realistisch als auch mit großer Hingabe zur Fiktion.

Included. The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe,. Alice Addertongue by Benjamin Franklin,. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,. Prosper Mérimée by Mateo Falcone,. Napoleon And The Spectre by Charlotte Bronte,. The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley,. Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne,. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne,. Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol,. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe,. The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe,. An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky,. Frog by Edgar Allan Poe,. The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare.

These tales of Greek Mythology are described with Hawthorne's inimitable style. The stories include "The Gorgon's Head", "The Golden Touch", "The Paradise of Children" "The Three Golden Apples", "The Miraculous Pitcher" and "The Chimaera". These tales will introduce young listeners to characters such as greedy King Midas, the overly-curious Pandora, the terrifying Medusa, the mighty Hercules, Pegasus the Winged Horse and more.

This book contains the following works: 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum 2. William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream 3. Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden 4. Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man 5. Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island 6. H. P. Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness 7. Jack London: The Call of the Wild 8. Mary W. Shelley: Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus 9. Osamu Dazai: No Longer Human (Confessions of a Faulty Man) 10. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

Sich am Lagerfeuer Geschichten erzählen - so war das damals im Wilden Westen. Aber diese schöne Erzähltradition hat beileibe nicht nur in den USA stattgefunden, auch wenn die vorliegende Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten sämtlich von dort stammt! Mit dabei: "Wie man ein Feuer macht" (J. London), "Die Maske des roten Todes" (E. A. Poe), "Die Eine Million Pfundnote" (M. Twain), "Rip van Winkle" (W. Irving), "David Swan" (N. Hawthorne), "Die Braut kommt nach Yellow Sky" (S. Crane), "Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button" (F. S. Fitzgerald).

Der junge Student Giovanni Guasconti kommt aus seiner süditalienischen Heimat ins ferne Padua und findet in einem ehemaligen Palast ein Zimmer mit Blick auf einen Garten voll seltsamer Blüten und Pflanzen. Er beobachtet dort einen alten, hinfällig wirkenden Mann und dessen blühende, wunderschöne Tochter. Die junge Frau zieht ihn sofort magisch an. Von Professor Baglioni, einem Freund seines Vaters, erfährt er, dass es sich bei dem alten Mann um den Doktor Rappaccini handelt, einen Spezialisten für Pflanzengifte, und dessen Tochter Beatrice.

Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini is a scientist who grows poisonous plants in his garden. The only person who can tend to the plants is his own daughter Beatrice who has not only become resistant to poison but is also poisonous herself. Rappaccini and his daughter lead a secluded life, distanced from other people and reality. However, one day the young student Giovanni Guasconti sees Beatrice and immediately falls in love with her. Giovanni’s mentor Baglioni warns the poor boy but Giovanni’s feelings are stronger than anything.

A young traveler is up on a mountain when night falls and he finds shelter with a family that lives nearby. They make friendly conversation and the visitor shares his dreams and goals to achieve great things in life. Their conversation is however interrupted by the sound of rocks falling from the slope. Are they in danger? Find out in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Ambitious Guest". B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories.

Goodman Brown is a young man who leads a normal and peaceful life with his wife Faith. However one evening, he leaves his wife and heads out to the forest. He has to run an unknown and urgent errand. There, he meets an old man who strangely resembles Brown a lot. Together, they walk deeper in the woods and suddenly Brown hears Faith’s voice coming from an unknown direction. He runs angrily through the forest when he stumbles upon a strange ceremony. Goodman Brown’s adventure through the woods is a symbol for his journey into self-scrutiny.

Owen Warland is a genius who wants to create things and break the limitations set by the society and the people surrounding him. He is deeply misunderstood and he often quits his innovative projects when people advise him to take up something more "practical". After many failed attempts to fit in, he finally breaks away from society and finds peace in nature. Will he finally get to finish the creation of his lifetime and will it all have been in vain? Find out in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Mechanical Butterfly". B. J.

Dans les pages qui suivent, Nathaniel Hawthorne, l'une des plus grandes figures de la littérature américaine, nous offre une version remarquable de l'un des contes les plus connus de la mythologie grecque : la terrifiante et édifiante légende du Minotaure, cette créature moitié homme moitié taureau dont les repas sont composés de victimes humaines.

The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and generally considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery, refuses to name the father, and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores questions of grace, legalism, sin, and guilt.

The story is set in Padua and follows botanist Giacomo Rappaccini’s garden of poisonous plants. A student from the university of Padua falls for a maiden in the luscious garden, but he soon learns some troubling information about his beloved’s true nature.

Representing the dark underbelly of Romanticism and beyond, these stories reach the shadowy corners of the human soul as seen through the writings of some of the most prominent authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Als alleinstehende Schwangere wird Esther Prynne von der puritanischen Gesellschaft des 17. Jahrhunderts Neu-Englands dazu gezwungen als Zeichen der Sünde den Buchstaben „A“ auf ihren Kleidern zu tragen. Mit ihrem aus England nachgekommenen Ehemann, „Roger Chillingworth“, vereinbart sie, den Namen des Vaters ihrer Tochter „Perle“, den Priester „Dimmesdale“, für sich zu behalten.

Young Edward Temple, at the age of eight, is afflicted with an ailment that threatens him with permanent blindness. A course of treatment is recommended whereby the boy is kept in a darkened chamber and his eyes, bandaged. To keep Edward's spirits up, his father decides to relate to him the inspiring life stories of six historical personages.

Award-winning audiobook narrator and storyteller Mike Vendetti takes us back to The Boston Massacre as told by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which took place on March 3, 1770. When the smoke cleared, 11 of the sons of New England lay stretched upon the street. Some, sorely wounded, were struggling to rise again. Others stirred not, nor groaned, for they were past all pain. Blood was streaming upon the snow.

In una colonia della Nuova Inghilterra del 17esimo secolo, una folla si raduna per le strade. Tutti gli occhi sono puntati sulla giovane Hester Prynne. I paesani puritani sono qui per assistere alla sua punizione. Ma questa cupa scena di umiliazione pubblica è solo l’inizio del percorso di espiazione di Hester. "La lettera scarlatta" parla di come un singolo atto di passione proibita possa cambiare per sempre le vite di tre persone. Considerato il primo romanzo psicologico d'America, il capolavoro di Nathaniel Hawthorne è una stupefacente riflessione sul peccato, la colpa, la vergogna.