Our Old Home

About this film

LibriVox recording of Our Old Home, by 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) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (169MB) Download M4B Part 2 (193MB)

Directors & creators

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Subjects

librivox; literature; audiobook; short stories; memoirs

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