Tessa Hadley Reads “The Quiet House”

Tessa Hadley reads her story “ The Quiet House ,” from the February 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, including the story collections “ Bad Dreams ” and “ After the Funeral ,” and the novella “ The Party .” She won a Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction in 2016. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Tessa Hadley Reads “The Quiet House” is an episode from The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker by The New Yorker.

This episode is 40:05 long.

This episode was published on Jan 25, 2026.

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