Reader(s): Sims, Adam
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0373
Barcode: 9781781982655
Release Date: 11/2019

HAWTHORNE, N.: House of the Seven Gables (The) (Unabridged)

‘To inherit a great fortune. To inherit a great misfortune.’ These words, from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s notebook, neatly encapsulate the theme of The House of the Seven Gables – that of a family whose fortunes are poisoned by its past misdeeds. The sins of the Pyncheon father are visited upon his children over a period of several generations, until such time as one of his descendants unites with a member of the family he has wronged. Love conquers hate, and new blood washes away the original crime. This intriguing and insightful novel truly deserves its significant place in the canon of American literature.

Tracklist

Hawthorne, Nathaniel - Author
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1 The House of the Seven Gables 05:49
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2 One 10:02
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3 It was a curious, and, as some people thought… 10:09
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4 'Strange, forsooth! - very strange!'… 10:08
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5 Where the old land surveyor had put down woods… 10:24
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6 There were few of the Pyncheons left to sun… 11:30
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7 Two 09:56
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8 All this time, however, we are loitering… 07:31
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9 In this republican country, amid the fluctuating… 07:58
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10 Three 08:45
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11 She put the biscuits into his hand, but rejected… 09:30
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12 'What is it now, child?' asked the maiden… 10:32
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13 Four 09:34
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14 To go of errands with his slow and shuffling gait… 10:10
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15 These were some of the fantasies which she… 09:30
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16 Five 10:00
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17 'And, after all, child,' exclaimed Hepzibah… 10:08
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18 As to Phoebe's not being a lady… 11:11
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19 Six 10:40
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20 'If you would permit me,' said the artist… 11:30
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21 Seven 10:09
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22 Thus murmuring in an undertone, as if speaking… 12:25
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23 Not to speak it harshly or scornfully… 12:27
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24 Eight 12:02
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25 The Judge's volume of muscle could hardly… 10:59
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26 'But is Clifford in the parlor?' 12:45
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27 Nine 08:28
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28 There was no morbidness in Phoebe… 07:57
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29 Persons who have wandered, or been expelled… 08:43
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30 Ten 09:57
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31 'Take my hand, Phoebe,' he would say… 09:00
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32 Phoebe, when she hung over the fountain… 08:41
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33 Eleven 08:15
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34 The cobbler wrought upon a shoe… 09:56
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35 Clifford sat at the window with Hepzibah… 10:26
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36 Twelve 08:04
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37 His present phase, as a daguerreotypist… 10:18
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38 But our business is with Holgrave as we… 10:22
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39 Thirteen 08:54
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40 There was a vertical sundial on the front gable… 10:24
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41 Now, what was unquestionably important… 09:39
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42 As Alice came into the room, her eyes fell… 10:05
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43 'Softly, Mr Pyncheon!' said the carpenter… 09:25
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44 Fourteen 11:22
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45 'Undoubtedly,' said the daguerreotypist… 11:33
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46 Fifteen 10:16
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47 'In the name of Heaven,' cried Hepzibah… 12:27
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48 'I set him free!' reaffirmed Judge Pyncheon… 12:49
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49 Sixteen 08:04
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50 There would be Judge Pyncheon, – a person… 08:21
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51 To incur the ridicule of the younger crowd… 10:00
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52 Seventeen 09:56
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53 Clifford's naturally poignant sympathies… 10:52
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54 'It was too soon! I could not bear it!' 10:13
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55 Eighteen 10:11
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56 No matter what it was. The doctor probably… 08:08
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57 The Judge's face, indeed, rigid and singularly… 08:19
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58 All try the picture-frame. What do these ghostly… 08:38
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59 Nineteen 09:55
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60 'But do hear reason, Mrs Gubbins!' 10:00
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61 Neither could he be willing to depart without… 11:37
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62 Twenty 08:16
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63 Now, there is a minute and almost exact similarity… 09:53
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64 Twenty one 10:10
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65 The first effect of freedom, as we have witnessed… 11:38
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Total Playing Time: 10:46:56