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The Great Carbuncle by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Great Carbuncle

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator Andrea Giordani

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Length 36 minutes

Language English

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Summary

This tale follows eight individuals all searching for the Great Carbuncle, a legendary red gemstone. These wildly disparate individuals camp together one night in the White Mountains, united by their shared desire for the stone. Each wants it for a different reason, though: fulfilment, knowledge, wealth, skepticism, inspiration, posterity, utility. The next morning, they all part ways to continue their quest, but who will be the first to the stone?

Fiction Short Stories