On July 28, 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife left their house in Western Massachusetts to visit relatives. Hawthorne and his five-year-old son Julian stayed behind. How father and...
B. J. Harrison Reads Young Goodman Brown
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...
B. J. Harrison Reads The Ambitious Guest
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...
B. J. Harrison Reads The Mechanical Butterfly
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...
La Lettera Scarlatta
La lettera scarlatta è uno dei più celebri romanzi dello scrittore statunitense Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Salem, nella Nuova Inghilterra del Seicento, l’adultera...
B. J. Harrison Reads Rappaccini's Daughter
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...
The Scarlet Letter
This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston,...
Twice Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been...
The Scarlet Letter
‘The Scarlet Letter: A Romance’ is a masterpiece of historical fiction set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1642 to 1649. Exploring themes of legalism, sin and...
Racconti Raccontati Due Volte
La tradizione orale si perde nella notte dei tempi e ha prodotto i più grandi capolavori nella storia della letteratura mondiale, basti pensare all''Odissea' o...
