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Our Old Home

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Our Old Home

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

English· 13:10:48· 24 chapters
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)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Section 1, Consular Experiences

    29:11
  2. Chapter 2

    Section 2, Consular Experiences

    32:46
  3. Chapter 3

    Section 3, Consular Experiences

    23:30
  4. Chapter 4

    Section 4, Leamington Spa

    21:23
  5. Chapter 5

    Section 5, Leamington Spa

    32:06
  6. Chapter 6

    Section 6, About Warwick

    28:56
  7. Chapter 7

    Section 7, About Warwick

    26:01
  8. Chapter 8

    Section 8, Recollections of a Gifted Woman

    33:23
  9. Chapter 9

    Section 9, Recollections of a Gifted Woman

    36:12
  10. Chapter 10

    Section 10, Lichfield and Uttoxeter

    43:06
  11. Chapter 11

    Section 11, Pilgrimage to Old Boston

    34:40
  12. Chapter 12

    Section 12, Pilgrimage to Old Boston

    27:45
  13. Chapter 13

    Section 13, Near Oxford

    26:38
  14. Chapter 14

    Section 14, Near Oxford

    32:18
  15. Chapter 15

    Section 15, Some of the Haunts of Burns

    48:32
  16. Chapter 16

    Section 16, A London Suburb

    35:16
  17. Chapter 17

    Section 17, A London Suburb

    36:14
  18. Chapter 18

    Section 18, Up the Thames

    34:01
  19. Chapter 19

    Section 19, Up the Thames

    46:24
  20. Chapter 20

    Section 20, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty

    38:06
  21. Chapter 21

    Section 21, Outside Glimpses of English Poverty

    38:50
  22. Chapter 22

    Section 22, Civic Banquets

    23:06
  23. Chapter 23

    Section 23, Civic Banquets

    23:24
  24. Chapter 24

    Section 24, Civic Banquets

    39:00