The Snow-image, and Other Twice-told Tales

By Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Length7h 56m

About this audiobook

This collection of short fiction invites readers into a twilight world where the supernatural and the psychological collide with New England austerity. Hawthorne weaves allegories of moral fragility through tales of mysterious snow-beings and the ghostly echoes of the past. Each story serves as a profound meditation on the blurred lines between reality and the spectral reaches of the imagination. It is a haunting exploration of the secrets that linger in the corners of the human conscience.

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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (516)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length7 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1THE SNOW-IMAGE: A CHILDISH MIRACLE
2THE GREAT STONE FACE
3MAIN STREET
4ETHAN BRAND: A CHAPTER FROM AN ABORTIVE ROMANCE
5A BELL’S BIOGRAPHY
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6SYLPH ETHEREGE
7THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS
8OLD NEWS
9II. THE OLD FRENCH WAR.
10III. THE OLD TORY.
11THE MAN OF ADAMANT: AN APOLOGUE
12THE DEVIL IN MANUSCRIPT
13JOHN INGLEFIELD’S THANKSGIVING
14OLD TICONDEROGA: A PICTURE OF THE PAST
15THE WIVES OF THE DEAD
16LITTLE DAFFYDOWNDILLY
17MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEUX
18IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER

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