Kens Mystery, Julian Hawthorne
Kens Mystery, Julian Hawthorne
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Ken's Mystery

Author: Julian Hawthorne

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2016


Synopsis

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories.

'Ken's Mystery' is a wonderful story blending Gaelic folklore with Gothic mystery. Kenningale - or Ken, as his friends call him - has been on an educational trip to Europe from which he has returned with a mysteriously aged and rotting banjo. While in Ireland, walking home late on Halloween, he had met a mysterious and beautiful woman in a graveyard who asked him to play his banjo for her. Later the same night, he met her again...or was it her? And again she asked him to play. But why was she so cold and pale? And why did she recover her strength and colour as he played, while he felt chilled to the bone?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Althea on July 31, 2016

Did you know that Nathaniel Hawthorne's son was a writer of pulp fiction? I did not! Although, calling this story pulp fiction is significantly underselling it. It's one of the most beautiful depictions of an encounter with a femme fatale I've read, and is a credit to the Irish folklore that inspire......more

Goodreads review by Selenita on August 20, 2021

Como curiosidad, el título original de este relato era La tumba de Ethelind Fionguala y así es como se conoce en español. Luego el autor le cambio el nombre al incluirlo en una antología, pero yo creo que el título original refleja mejor el espíritu de la obra. El relato mantiene el interés, pero sie......more

Goodreads review by Liz on September 16, 2020

The writer/journalist Julian Hawthorne is the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. His daughter Hildegarde was also a writer, though Nathaniel seems to be the only one known to modern audiences. First published in 1883 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine is part vampire story and part Irish Samhain (when the vei......more

Goodreads review by Resi on October 03, 2016

Se supone que es el primer relato directamente vampírico de los Estados Unidos y fue publicado en 1887 por Julian Hawthorne, que es el hijo de Nathaniel Hawthorne. Es un relato muy corto, unas 30 páginas que aunque está bien podría haber entrado más en el tema que nos ocupa, o sea, de las vampiras. M......more

Goodreads review by A.M. on June 05, 2021

A man drops in to visit his friend after his engagement was broken. He is painting portraits of a beautiful woman, and he quips that she might step out of the painting, it is Samhain after all. She is evidently not the fiancée he has let go. Before he left on this European holiday, the man had a banj......more