Our Old Home
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lu par 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) (13 hr 10 min)
Chapitres
| Section 1, Consular Experiences | 29:11 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 2, Consular Experiences | 32:46 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 3, Consular Experiences | 23:30 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 4, Leamington Spa | 21:23 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 5, Leamington Spa | 32:06 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 6, About Warwick | 28:56 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 7, About Warwick | 26:01 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 8, Recollections of a Gifted Woman | 33:23 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 9, Recollections of a Gifted Woman | 36:12 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 10, Lichfield and Uttoxeter | 43:06 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 11, Pilgrimage to Old Boston | 34:40 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 12, Pilgrimage to Old Boston | 27:45 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 13, Near Oxford | 26:38 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 14, Near Oxford | 32:18 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 15, Some of the Haunts of Burns | 48:32 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 16, A London Suburb | 35:16 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 17, A London Suburb | 36:14 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 18, Up the Thames | 34:01 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 19, Up the Thames | 46:24 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 20, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty | 38:06 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 21, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty | 38:50 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 22, Civic Banquets | 23:06 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 23, Civic Banquets | 23:24 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
| Section 24, Civic Banquets | 39:00 | Lu par Margaret Espaillat |
Critiques
A MASTERFUL OBSERVER
Avid Listener
This book may not be for everyone, but it is a wonderful description of English customs and English tourist attractions during the mid-nineteenrh century. Anyone can look, but few can describe so realistically as does NH. The two sections on "Outside Glmpses Of English Poverty" are so realistic as to be depressing. The reader was excellent: good pace; good, consistent volume; and clearly understandable.