The Minister's Black Veil Audiobook by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1511 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Minister's Black Veil Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Narrator: Walter Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Length: 37 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-08 Publisher: Jimcin Recordings Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes Genres: Classics, American Literature Publisher's Summary: The Minister's Black Veil was first published in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir. It later appeared in Twice-Told Tales, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1837. Hawthorne's inspiration for this story may have been a true event. A clergyman named Joseph Moody of York, Maine, nicknamed "Handkerchief Moody", accidentally killed a friend when he was a young man and wore a black veil from the man's funeral until his own death. The story concerns the minister of a small town who suddenly and inexplicably begins wearing a black veil that hangs from his forehead and covers his eyes and nose. As one charater in the story says, "He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face." Hawthorne thus creates a dramtic story based around two of his common themes - the effects of secrecy and guilt. ©1836 The Token and Atlantic Souvenir; (P)1984 Jimcin Recordings Editorial Reviews: In Puritan New England, Reverend Hooper ascends his pulpit as usual, but this time hes wearing a black veil covering nearly his whole face. His parishioners are given no explanation for their pastors change of appearance, and the implications of the costume ripple mightily through the town. We are in Nathaniel Hawthorne territory, where sin, guilt, and the power of social suggestion converge for tremendous philosophic and dramatic effect. "The Ministers Black Veil", performed in a fittingly reverential tone by Walter Zimmerman, is among Hawthornes most venerable short stories, possibly for its allegorical nature and possibly because it lends itself to multiple interpretations. What this brief moral audiobook does affirm is the presence of "those sad mysteries which we hide from our nearest and dearest".