Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 169 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 Time's Portraiture (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") Produced by David Widger and Al Haines. "Time's Portraiture" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a prose piece that serves as the Carrier's Address to the patrons of "The Salem Gazette" for January 1, 1838. Written during the early to mid-19th century, this work reflects a blend of social commentary and poetic musings, centering on the theme of time and its impact on human life. The piece uses witty and humorous language to critique societal perceptions of time as well as its personification. In this address, the narrator—portraying a newspaper carrier—reflects on the character of Father Time, illustrating a more vibrant and socially engaged figure than traditional depictions suggest. Hawthorne's time is clad in fashionable attire, mingling with the people of Salem, and engaging in daily life while overshadowing their experiences with the relentless passage of time. The Carrier examines misconceptions about Time, highlighting his forgetfulness, shrewdness, and dual nature of comfort and misery that he brings to humanity. The piece culminates in a plea to the patrons for generosity to the carrier, simultaneously capturing the essence of human experience and the inevitability of time's march. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Time PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 44643 2025-06-04T09:02:16.103315 text/html 39776 2021-01-02T04:16:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 15620 2021-01-02T04:16:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 85924 2025-06-04T09:02:20.193306 application/epub+zip 84605 2025-06-04T09:02:17.948315 application/epub+zip 84605 2025-06-04T09:02:16.769315 application/epub+zip 179912 2025-06-04T09:02:21.827345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173321 2025-06-04T09:02:19.514307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168366 2022-09-05T03:36:10.925735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37089 2025-06-04T09:02:15.848306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37007 2021-01-02T04:16:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14677 2021-01-02T04:16:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18158 2025-06-04T09:02:21.964260 application/rdf+xml 13311 2025-06-04T09:02:17.317291 image/jpeg 3578 2025-06-04T09:02:17.041283 image/jpeg 84426 2025-06-04T09:02:16.109304 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia