The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  • čas přidán 16. 10. 2012
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    A collection of fifteen (Audio Book) stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stink of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Komentáře • 86

  • @Robbuffet
    @Robbuffet Před 10 lety +204

    I was going to read this, but then I realized... TECHNOLOGY

    • @brendacatalan7519
      @brendacatalan7519 Před 8 lety +3

      Same

    • @minecool75
      @minecool75 Před rokem

      wow this was 9 years ago, are you still active on this account? have you graduated college? are you married? what’s the future like?

    • @Robbuffet
      @Robbuffet Před rokem +6

      @@minecool75 Could be better. I wish I'd used this account to start a let's play channel. I still could and might, but if I already had and kept with it I'd probably be living on my own in a nice place rather than with my parents.
      The world is bigger and scarier even though I understand it better. In fact, it may be Because I understand it better.
      Times have changed but the same kinds of complex problems are abound. I'm doing alright, but it pains me to think about how tough most other people have it.
      So for now, I'll quietly chug along building skills, practical or otherwise, improving my frame of view and working so that one day I'll be able to not only live off of my own efforts, comfortably at that, but also be able to better help others on a larger scale.
      Whenever I think about how frustrating the past was, or how scary the future may be, I find myself saying the catchphrase of an anime villain who could stop time.
      "Toki Wa Moki Desu" or, more commonly I'll say it to myself in English: "Time Continues".
      Is that what you wanted?

    • @souper6856
      @souper6856 Před rokem

      @@Robbuffet That was beautiful

    • @bigray5448
      @bigray5448 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​​@@Robbuffet"Time continues", i can realise it now after two years of facings the drawbacks of my decisions and be in caged in the cage of gloom and doom .

  • @Xxxsorrow
    @Xxxsorrow Před 8 lety +76

    I like how almost everyone in the comments is here because of an assignment. xD
    Thanks for uploading.

  • @davisbalser203
    @davisbalser203 Před 8 lety +87

    Every time he says "Black Veil" i hear "Black Whale"

  • @zombiemanjames
    @zombiemanjames Před 3 lety +26

    When the project is due tomorrow but you can't be bothered to read the writing.

  • @vanessakleinart
    @vanessakleinart Před 8 lety +175

    I'd rather watch paint dry for the rest of my life than be forced to read yet another Nathaniel Hawthorne story.

    • @misterblack3085
      @misterblack3085 Před 7 lety +7

      vanessa rae be careful what you wish for

    • @solomonterrell3051
      @solomonterrell3051 Před 6 lety +5

      vanessa rae I couldn't agree more

    • @Arcvx
      @Arcvx Před 6 lety +7

      The Scarlet Letter was such a pain in the ass

    • @solomonterrell3051
      @solomonterrell3051 Před 6 lety +2

      VioletDrosera I agree, I had to read that bullshit too.

    • @TheApex-ge6vr
      @TheApex-ge6vr Před 4 lety +3

      Well idk about the REST of my life, but a half hour never hurt anyone...

  • @barbarabishop3227
    @barbarabishop3227 Před 8 lety +4

    listening to it instead of reading it for class... so much better!!!

  • @Amory319
    @Amory319 Před 3 lety +8

    I'm. So thankful to have had such amazing teachers who exposed me to great works such as this. 20 Yeara later I'm back with a whole new appreciation and understanding

  • @joeomalley2835
    @joeomalley2835 Před 2 lety +7

    Love this story. So many ambiguous elements. Great reading of this!

    • @jackandrews7761
      @jackandrews7761 Před rokem

      No it doesn't have "ambiguous elements" it's just garbage. It is so boring that only an absolute loser with nothing else to do would possibly read this for enjoyment. I highly suggest that you do something productive with your life rather than waste your time with this hard-to-read piece of trash.

    • @4RetroDX
      @4RetroDX Před 4 měsíci

      nerd

  • @AL-jt9gh
    @AL-jt9gh Před 7 lety +29

    Didn't realize it was difficult for others to find a personal interpretation for this short story. IMO, I thought the story was about how humans, especially those that are accustomed to superstitious thinking, have an innate tendency to make assumptions and prejudices from small unexplained variables, then creating fictitious stories and rumors to explain said unknowns, and then asserting these lies and assumption as reality. In short, a common human failing, sin innate in human nature, is our propensity to live in fiction than reality based on fact.

  • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

    I played professional football in South America for many years. It was the best days of my life.

  • @RB01.10
    @RB01.10 Před rokem +8

    I remember reading this story in college for my American Literature I class.
    I had to do a 12 page paper on it but it still became one of my favorites stories I read in college

    • @bigray5448
      @bigray5448 Před 5 měsíci +1

      For god sake what have to write in the 12 pages 😮

  • @targusnazg3963
    @targusnazg3963 Před 6 lety +13

    That was beautifully read. Thank you!

  • @alebeau4106
    @alebeau4106 Před 4 měsíci

    I am apparently the only person here “reading” this for fun. I hope these 30 minutes of my life don’t go to waste.

  • @haruhistnumber5
    @haruhistnumber5 Před 11 lety +3

    Beautiful

  • @feliciakimbrell6861
    @feliciakimbrell6861 Před 7 lety +14

    I kinda like this actually oops. either way this is nice bc I feel like I can understand it when I get read to so 10/10

  • @paulsaul2487
    @paulsaul2487 Před 3 lety +2

    I love it when the screws pipe scary audiobooks into our cells every halloween week.

  • @DrMcPHD
    @DrMcPHD Před 9 lety +8

    God damn. Whelp im a Hawthorne fan now?

    • @myra9999
      @myra9999 Před 7 lety

      Stop Asking For My Name Google. Me too, fam

  • @ary8182
    @ary8182 Před 3 měsíci

    thank you for reading this for me

  • @djherogamez6542
    @djherogamez6542 Před 5 lety +4

    I love your voice it brings me the only happiness in my life

  • @tomikittypaws
    @tomikittypaws Před 8 lety +18

    Why does Mr. Hooper have a black whale on his face? 😂👍🏼

  • @gnikcohs
    @gnikcohs Před 7 lety +6

    Librivox is a great audiobook project but pronouncing 'black veil' as 'black whale' is really distracting from the dark atmosphere. I saw a reading by the great Basil Rathbone, and now I am leaving the 'black whale' behind me.

  • @Zillionaire_MaR
    @Zillionaire_MaR Před 2 lety

    Watching a short film on it is better than listening to it

  • @hippyclaw
    @hippyclaw Před 4 lety +10

    your voice makes it impossible to listen at 1.5x speed so now I actually have to waste a whole 30 min of my time for my English hw.

    • @anagarcia-oh5pl
      @anagarcia-oh5pl Před 3 lety +1

      I’m in class right now listening to it at 2x

    • @coolishkid
      @coolishkid Před 10 měsíci

      💀💀💀@@anagarcia-oh5pl

  • @Zillionaire_MaR
    @Zillionaire_MaR Před 2 lety

    I watched this 3 times I have a quiz coming up😅

  • @Megabrain
    @Megabrain Před 9 lety +4

    "Why do you tremble at me alone?"
    I wonder thath through the hole story.

  • @anthonyesqueda4927
    @anthonyesqueda4927 Před 5 lety +1

    She said watch five videos having to do with the ministers black veil....

  • @donovanjames1782
    @donovanjames1782 Před 9 lety +6

    This is a good book

  • @YanniTheFilmmaker
    @YanniTheFilmmaker Před 7 lety +8

    i hear black veil clearly you guys are deaf

  • @user-wr9wg3of8u
    @user-wr9wg3of8u Před 4 měsíci

    even the subtitles say whale

  • @motivationdsuccess
    @motivationdsuccess Před 7 měsíci

    I can’t understand half the words when I read it

  • @jacksonlyle2489
    @jacksonlyle2489 Před 3 lety +3

    the only reason I liked the video was that I would be the 420th like

  • @brysonferguson2918
    @brysonferguson2918 Před rokem +1

    20:20

  • @motivationdsuccess
    @motivationdsuccess Před 7 měsíci

    Father hooper

  • @alisachenault2199
    @alisachenault2199 Před 3 lety +4

    I am so happy I didn't have to read this story its so boring but better then failing😘

    • @nylam404
      @nylam404 Před rokem +1

      Same, I have to do an essay on symbolism and characterization with this reading, I could not get through it so thank God for Audio Books

  • @jadon1400
    @jadon1400 Před rokem +2

    The Ministers Black Whale😂

  • @Alicewonderland283
    @Alicewonderland283 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Looks like I'm the only one here in 2024 lol

  • @ilikebread2903
    @ilikebread2903 Před rokem +4

    I wish liturature wasn't required I get some of the importance I just have no interest whatsoever what some guys who's been dead for centuries wrote

  • @jamaicansinger-queenla7656
    @jamaicansinger-queenla7656 Před 8 lety +10

    is this story about race? he puts on the black veil and people start treating him differently when he is the same person underneath the veil.

    • @kissandmakeup1612
      @kissandmakeup1612 Před 8 lety +11

      +Jahri D no, its about sins that everyone is hiding. Since he wears the veil all the time, everyone can see their sins

    • @jamaicansinger-queenla7656
      @jamaicansinger-queenla7656 Před 8 lety +2

      kissandmakeup16 that's very interesting.

    • @FarsonArson
      @FarsonArson Před 7 lety +4

      Jamaican Singer - JahriD this was written far before racial divides were discussed

    • @phish4life919
      @phish4life919 Před 5 lety +1

      lmao@Alexander Blackledge

    • @jordanh4362
      @jordanh4362 Před 4 lety +2

      Alexander Blackledge she was just asking...

  • @darkseed7492
    @darkseed7492 Před 7 lety +1

    not that good