Talking Books
The best of the spoken word from RNIB's Talking Book Studios.
New episodes every Monday to Friday at 2pm and repeated every night at 10pm.
Enjoy an unabridged audiobook, serialised over a number of days and weeks, only on RNIB Connect Radio or listen again to every episode here. Our current book is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and will not reveal her lover's identity. The scarlet letter A (for adultery) she has to wear on her clothes, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. She struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
Read by Marvin Kane, this book runs for 10 episodes until the 17th of April.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
10 episodes
