In this episode, we cover Chapter 19, where the "storm" has literally and figuratively passed. The focus shifts from the dead Judge to the return of the living, as Phoebe Pyncheon comes back to a house that is fundamentally changed.

This chapter provides the breath of fresh air the reader (and the characters) desperately needs after the suffocating darkness of the Judge's death. It's a transition from the macabre back into the light, though the light reveals a startling new reality.

• Producer Gizelle Erickson
• Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
• Music: Thanks to Sound Gallery By Dmitry Taras "Scary Horror Music"
• LibriVox recording read by: Mark F. Smith

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In this episode, we cover Chapter 18, "Governor Pyncheon." While previous chapters were filled with the frantic movement of Hepzibah and Clifford's flight, this chapter is defined by a terrifying, heavy stillness. The narrator takes on a taunting, almost ghoulish tone as he addresses the unmoving figure of Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon.

This chapter is widely considered one of the most stylistically unique and macabre pieces of writing in Hawthorne's career. It is a haunting "memento mori" that shifts the narrative focus from plot progression to a deep, ironic meditation on the futility of greed.

• Producer Gizelle Erickson
• Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
• Music: Thanks to Sound Gallery By Dmitry Taras "Scary Horror Music"
• LibriVox recording read by: Mark F. Smith

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In this episode, we follow Hepzibah and Clifford as they flee the scene of Judge Pyncheon's death. For the first time in decades, the "two owls" leave their dark nest and venture into a world that has moved on without them.

This chapter is one of the most surreal and modern-feeling sections of the entire novel. After the claustrophobic tension of the Gables, Hawthorne suddenly throws his two most reclusive characters into the rushing speed of the 19th-century Industrial Revolution.

• Producer Gizelle Erickson
• Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
• Music: Thanks to Sound Gallery By Dmitry Taras "Scary Horror Music"
• LibriVox recording read by: Mark F. Smith

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