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Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat

(4.3 stars; 7 reviews)

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)

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Section 1, Consular Experiences 29:11 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 2, Consular Experiences 32:46 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 3, Consular Experiences 23:30 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 4, Leamington Spa 21:23 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 5, Leamington Spa 32:06 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 6, About Warwick 28:56 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 7, About Warwick 26:01 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 8, Recollections of a Gifted Woman 33:23 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 9, Recollections of a Gifted Woman 36:12 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 10, Lichfield and Uttoxeter 43:06 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 11, Pilgrimage to Old Boston 34:40 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 12, Pilgrimage to Old Boston 27:45 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 13, Near Oxford 26:38 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 14, Near Oxford 32:18 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 15, Some of the Haunts of Burns 48:32 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 16, A London Suburb 35:16 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 17, A London Suburb 36:14 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 18, Up the Thames 34:01 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 19, Up the Thames 46:24 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 20, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty 38:06 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 21, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty 38:50 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 22, Civic Banquets 23:06 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 23, Civic Banquets 23:24 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat
Section 24, Civic Banquets 39:00 Gelesen von Margaret Espaillat

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(4.5 stars)

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.