Preview: Season 32, Nathaniel Hawthorne Essays
The Sleepy Bookshelf: Audiobooks for Sleep
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🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
This season, Elizabeth will be reading two essays from “Mosses from an Old Manse,” a short story and essay collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1846.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and welcome to the Sleepy Bookshelf. |
| 0:07.6 | This season, which is exclusive to Premium, we have two essays by American author Nathaniel |
| 0:14.5 | Horthon. |
| 0:17.6 | We know our listeners are as unique as our stories and lucky for you, our bookshelf is varied |
| 0:24.3 | with lots of different types of work to lull you into a deep sleep. |
| 0:31.7 | The following is a preview to give you an idea of what to expect from this season. |
| 0:40.2 | Born in 1804, Nathaniel Horthon is best known for his dark romanticism and in particular |
| 0:48.2 | his book The Scarlet Letter. |
| 0:52.4 | This season, we're reading two essays from his short story and essay collection titled |
| 0:59.5 | Mosses from an Old Man's, published in 1846. |
| 1:07.9 | In the essays called The Old Man's and Buds and Bird Voices, Horthon muses about the changing |
| 1:16.2 | seasons and the history and former inhabitants of his Massachusetts home. |
| 1:24.0 | He writes with a distinctive blend of humour, anecdote, natural history and political commentary. |
| 1:34.9 | The essays are at times funny, winding, beautiful and thoughtful in turn. |
| 1:43.7 | He often references other writers and poets he knows in the neighbourhood, like Ralph |
| 1:49.0 | Waldo Emerson and at times he speaks about his writing processes, challenges and inspiration. |
| 1:59.8 | We hope you will join us for this season. |
| 2:02.6 | However, if you decide that these Nathaniel Horthon essays aren't your cup of tea, feel |
| 2:08.9 | free to explore the rest of our bookshelf. |
| 2:12.8 | We assure you'll find something to help guide you into a restful sleep. |
| 2:20.7 | Our Premium subscription offers stories to listen to between the seasons on the main |
| 2:25.0 | feed, like this one. |
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