Saturday Show #118: Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Audiobook Performance)

Summary: You are listening to episode 118 of Saturday Show Literary Podcast. My name is Frank Marcopolos of <a href="http://frankmarcopolos.com" target="_blank">http://frankmarcopolos.com</a> and <a href="http://youtube.com/brooklynfrank" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/brooklynfrank</a>. This episode will be a performance of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Goodman_Brown" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, the story, published in 1835, takes place in 17th century Puritan New England, a common setting for Hawthorne’s works, and addresses the Calvinist/Puritan belief that all of humanity exists in a state of depravity, but that God has destined some to unconditional election through unmerited grace. Hawthorne frequently focuses on the tensions within Puritan culture, yet steeps his stories in the Puritan sense of sin. In a symbolic fashion, the story follows Young Goodman Brown’s journey into self-scrutiny. <br> Please enjoy Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne….<br> ____<br> You might love reading <a href="http://amzn.to/2fpQOSM" target="_blank">my book</a> because you like literary fiction.<br>