The Christmas Banquet by Nathaniel Hawthorne

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/38324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Banquet Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Narrator: Michael Lyons Format: mp3 Length: 46 mins Release date: 01-08-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Humor & Satire Publisher's Summary: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, a town synonymous with the earlier Salem Witch Trials. It was instrumental in Hawthorne’s later use of American Gothic and dark romanticism in his writing. Hawthorne’s short stories were first published in magazines but in 1837 were collected and published as ‘Twice-Told Tales’. A steady literary career still did not come his way and so he worked in a good position at Salem’s port and married the love of his life Sophia Peabody. Finally, in 1850 came spectacular literary and commercial success with ‘The Scarlet Letter.’