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The New England novelist of The Scarlet Letter.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a New England novelist who wrote about guilt, sin and secrets in the shadow of the Puritans, most famously in The Scarlet Letter.
Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1804. One of his ancestors was a judge at the Salem witch trials, a family shame that haunted him, and he added a 'w' to his name to set himself apart. He worked at the Salem custom house and as an American consul in England.
The Scarlet Letter (1850), about Hester Prynne and the red 'A' she must wear, made him famous. He also wrote dark short tales like Young Goodman Brown and Rappaccini's Daughter, and retold the Greek myths for children in A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales: King Midas's golden touch, the Minotaur, the Gorgon's head. He died in Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1864.
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne and the letter A. Our most-played Hawthorne.
9 hr 22 min · read by Christopher Mireider 
Young Goodman Brown
A young Puritan walks into the forest at night.
1 hr 14 min · read by Christopher Mireider 
The Golden Touch
King Midas, retold for children.
40 min · read by Jennifer Kellams 
Narrated by Jason Michael Mann
A hypnotic gothic romance: Giovanni falls for Beatrice, the brilliant, poisonous daughter of a fanatical botanist. Jason Michael Mann’s narration brings Hawthorne’s tale...
Narrated by Gid Newell
Eustace Bright, a college student home for the holidays, tells a story to the children at Tanglewood. It is the story of Bellerophon, a young man who wants to tame the wi...
Narrated by Wendy-Maree Holt
Every year, a rich man named Gervayse Hastings gives a Christmas banquet for ten of the most unhappy people he can find. Each guest is miserable in his own way, and the w...
Narrated by Jennifer Kellams
King Midas loves gold more than anything, even his own daughter. When a stranger offers him one wish, he asks that everything he touches turn to gold. He is delighted. At...
Narrated by Michael Lyons
Hawthorne retells the myth of Perseus and Medusa for young listeners: winged slippers, a magic helmet, three grey sisters with one eye, and a face that turns men to stone...
Narrated by Ram Ranjini
King Minos of Crete demands a tribute: seven young men and seven maidens every year, to feed the Minotaur in the labyrinth. Prince Theseus of Athens decides to go with th...
Narrated by Christopher Mireider
Branded by a scarlet A, Hester Prynne defies Puritan Boston with quiet strength. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s timeless tale of sin, guilt, and redemption comes alive in Christop...
Narrated by Greg Cooper
Hawthorne’s playful Hercules adventure—nymphs, a shape-shifting sea-elder, Atlas, and a hundred-headed dragon—comes alive in Greg Cooper’s warm, family-friendly narration...
Narrated by Mark Zampella
A chilling Hawthorne tale of pride, guilt, and secret sin: two young women vow over a corpse, and years later a spectral reckoning returns. Mark Zampella’s narration brin...
Narrated by Christopher Mireider
Young Goodman Brown leaves his wife, Faith, at the door of their Salem village home and walks into the dark forest on an errand he has promised to keep. Along the path he...
Born in Salem, Massachusetts.
Young Goodman Brown.
The Scarlet Letter.
The House of the Seven Gables.
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.
Dies in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
A woman in Puritan Boston who must wear a scarlet A for adultery, and the secret of her child's father.
Yes. A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales retell the Greek myths, including King Midas and the Minotaur.
For a short listen, Young Goodman Brown. For his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter.
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Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .
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