In Colonial Days by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

In Colonial Days by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook. Genre: folklore In Colonial Days gathers four linked tales that turn Boston's Old Province House into a doorway to New England's haunted past. A modern-day visitor, drawn off bustling Washington Street into the inn that once housed royal governors, listens as the building's creaking halls and fading portraits seem to summon earlier occupants: British officers and loyalist grandees, wary townspeople, and solitary figures whose private choices collide with public judgment. In 'Howe's Masquerade,' the gaiety of a grand ball strains against the unease of a city on the brink. 'Edward Randolph's Portrait' lingers on the power a face in a frame can hold over those who fear scrutiny and remember old wrongs. 'Lady Eleanore's Mantle' follows a proud noblewoman whose glittering arrival tests the boundaries between rank, charity, and responsibility. And 'Old Esther Dudley' centers on a woman clinging to vanished authority as history moves on without her. With Hawthorne's signature blend of moral inquiry and spectral atmosphere, these stories explore memory, guilt, status, and the uneasy inheritance of colonial rule. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:30:51) Chapter 02 (00:57:43) Chapter 03 (01:30:43) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices