The White Old Maid cover art

The White Old Maid

 Preview
This Season's Biggest Deal

$0.99/mo for 3 months + $20 Audible bonus voucher

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Get this deal
Offer ends on 28 December, 2026.
More purchase options

The White Old Maid

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Mark Zampella
Get this deal

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 28 December, 2026. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $6.75

Buy Now for $6.75

This Season's Biggest Deal | $0.99/mo for 3 months + $20 Audible bonus

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo. after 3 months - terms apply.
Summary
 By moonlight in a shuttered chamber, two maidens stand over a dead lover and seal a terrible vow. Years later, the town whispers of the Old Maid in the Winding-Sheet, a pale figure who haunts every funeral—until, on an uncanny afternoon, she steps into a deserted mansion and a final reckoning begins. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The White Old Maid is a taut, atmospheric study of pride, guilt, and secret sin, where every rustle of curtain and toll of silence hints at a history too grave to name. From moonlit kisses to a locked door and a scream that stills a crowd, the tale unfolds with the inexorable pull of a ghost story and the moral weight of a parable. Mark Zampella’s evocative performance captures the brooding cadence of Hawthorne’s prose and the mounting dread of a community faced with its own shadows. Perfect for a single-sitting listen, this gothic classic will enthrall fans of Poe, Shirley Jackson, and literary dark fiction. Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Gothic Horror Short Stories Scary
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.