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The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Ambitious Guest

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator Andrea Giordani

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Length 21 minutes

Language English

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Summary

A brutal winter storm sweeps through the mountains of New England, forcing a young man to seek shelter. A kind family welcomes him into their humble home, tucked away in a remote mountain pass. The traveler is the story’s eponymous “Ambitious Guest,” as he tells the family about his aspiration to make a mark on the world. The evening takes an ironic turn, however, when an avalanche heads straight for the house in this story based on the real-life Willey Family Tragedy.

Fiction Short Stories