Doctor Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne — VOA Learning English
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We present the short story "Doctor Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It has been adapted for English learners. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.
That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four friends to meet him in his office. There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mister Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mister Gascoigne. And, there was a thin old lady whose husband had died, so she was called the Widow Wycherly.
They were all sad old creatures who had been unfortunate in life. As a young man, Mister Medbourne had lost all his money in a badly planned business deal. Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years and health enjoying the pleasures of women and…
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