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 son got on together for the next three weeks is the subject of Twenty Days with Julian & Little Bunny, by Papa, a tender and funny extract from Hawthorne's notebooks, perhaps one of the earliest accounts in literature of a father caring for a young child.
Each day starts early and will be given over to swimming and skipping stones, berry picking and subduing armies of thistles. At one point Mr. Herman Melville comes over to enjoy a late night discussion of eternity over cigars.
With an introduction by Paul Auster, this delightful true-life story by a great American writer emerges from obscurity to shine a delightful light upon family life -- then and now. The collection also includes Hawthorne's short stories "Young Goodman Brown," "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Rappaccini's Daughter."
Frank McCourt
Narrated By : Frank McCourt
Published By : Harper Collins UK
2 hours 33 minutes
Categories : Autobiography
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When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all... View...
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Narrated By : Emily Schirner
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
8 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Autobiography Sports
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Marla Runyan was 9 years old when she was diagnosed with Stargardt's disease, an irreversible form of macular degeneration. This is the story of how she refused to let her diagnosis limit her dreams. View...
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Narrated By : Ben Mesrich
Published By : Harper Collins US
6 hours
Categories : Biography Business
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A real-life mixture of Liar’s Poker and Wall Street, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters. View...
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Narrated By : Walter Cronkite
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
3 hours
Categories : Politics History
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In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13 sovereign states, bound together by the Articles of Confederation. After years of war, men like Tho... View...
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Narrated By : Barrett Whitener
Published By : Simon & Schuster
22 hours
Categories : American Pre 1900 Adventurers & Explorers Historical
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies. View...
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