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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
  
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
                          Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  JANUARY 14, 1999
   
  
                                AT HOME CORPORATION
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              (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                                     DELAWARE
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                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
   
      000-22697                                                  77-0408542
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     (Commission                                               (IRS Employer
     File Number)                                           Identification No.)
   
   
   
                      425 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA             94063
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                     (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)
   
  
   
                                  (650) 569-5000
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               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
   
  ________________________________________________________________________________
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
   
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  ITEM 2:  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
  
       On December 30, 1998, At Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
  "Company") completed its acquisition of Narrative Communications Corp., a
  Delaware corporation ("Narrative"). Narrative, a provider of rich media
  advertising and direct marketing solutions for the World Wide Web, is based in
  Waltham, Massachusetts and has nearly 50 employees. The Company plans to
  continue to offer Narrative's rich media advertising services across the
  Company's complement of Internet distribution channels, including standard dial-
  up, high speed (T1, ISDN), broadband PC and TV set-top connections.
  
       The acquisition was accomplished by merging a wholly owned subsidiary of
  the Company with and into Narrative (the "Merger"), with Narrative surviving the
  Merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger was
  accounted for as a purchase; the Company anticipates that it will allocate a
  substantial majority of the purchase price to intangible assets and amortize
  this allocation over the respective useful lives of those assets, and that it
  will charge the remainder to operations related to in-process research and
  development. The parties structured the Merger to qualify as a tax free
  reorganization.
  
       In the Merger, the Company will issue up to a maximum of approximately 1.35
  million shares of its Series A Common Stock (the "Shares") to Narrative
  security holders and has assumed options to purchase Narrative Common Stock.
  These assumed options will be exercisable for approximately 141,273 Shares in
  the aggregate (which count towards the 1.35 million Shares to be issued in the
  Merger), or approximately .2206 Shares each, subject to the terms and
  conditions, including exercisability and vesting schedules, of the original
  Narrative options. The Company is obligated to file, as promptly as reasonably
  practicable after the completion of the Merger, a shelf registration statement
  on Form S-3 to provide for the resale of certain of the Shares. The Company is
  further obligated to file a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
  applicable form) with respect to the assumed options and the Shares issued
  pursuant to the exercise of these options within 180 days after the completion
  of the Merger.
  
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  ITEM 7:  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
  
       (a)  Financial Statements.
            -------------------- 
  
            Financial statements required by this item have not been included with
            the original report on Form 8-K but will be filed prior to March 15,
            1999.
  
       (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information.
            ------------------------------- 
  
            Pro forma financial information required by this item has not been
            included with the original report on Form 8-K but will be filed prior
            to March 15, 1999.
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
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            2.1  Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 17, 1998 by and among
                 the Company, Transitory Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of
                 the Company) and Narrative.
  
            2.2  Certificate of Merger as filed on December 30, 1998 with the
                 Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
  
            2.3  Escrow Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and among the
                 Company, Charles M. Hazard, Jr. as representative of the
                 Narrative stockholders and State Street Bank and Trust Company of
                 California, N.A., as escrow agent.
  
            2.4  Rights Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and between the
                 Company and each of the Narrative stockholders.
  
            99.1 Press Release issued by the Company on December 18, 1998
                 announcing the agreement by the Company to acquire Narrative.
  
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                                     SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                   AT HOME CORPORATION
  
  
  Date:  January 14, 1999          By:  /s/ Kenneth A. Goldman
                                        ----------------------
                                        Kenneth A. Goldman,
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer
  
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 17, 1998 by and among the
        Company, Transitory Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company)
        and Narrative.
  
  2.2   Certificate of Merger as filed on December 30, 1998 with the Secretary of
        State of the State of Delaware.
  
  2.3   Escrow Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and among the Company, Charles
        M. Hazard, Jr. as representative of the Narrative stockholders and State
        Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as escrow agent.
  
  2.4   Rights Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and between the Company and
        each of the Narrative stockholders.
  
  99.1  Press Release issued by the Company on December 18, 1998 announcing the
        agreement by the Company to acquire Narrative.
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
                          Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  JANUARY 14, 1999
   
  
                                AT HOME CORPORATION
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                     DELAWARE
                 ------------------------------------------------
                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
   
      000-22697                                                  77-0408542
  ------------------                                        ----------------------
     (Commission                                               (IRS Employer
     File Number)                                           Identification No.)
   
   
   
                      425 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA             94063
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)
   
  
   
                                  (650) 569-5000
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
   
  ________________________________________________________________________________
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  ITEM 2:  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
  
       On December 30, 1998, At Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
  "Company") completed its acquisition of Narrative Communications Corp., a
  Delaware corporation ("Narrative"). Narrative, a provider of rich media
  advertising and direct marketing solutions for the World Wide Web, is based in
  Waltham, Massachusetts and has nearly 50 employees. The Company plans to
  continue to offer Narrative's rich media advertising services across the
  Company's complement of Internet distribution channels, including standard dial-
  up, high speed (T1, ISDN), broadband PC and TV set-top connections.
  
       The acquisition was accomplished by merging a wholly owned subsidiary of
  the Company with and into Narrative (the "Merger"), with Narrative surviving the
  Merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger was
  accounted for as a purchase; the Company anticipates that it will allocate a
  substantial majority of the purchase price to intangible assets and amortize
  this allocation over the respective useful lives of those assets, and that it
  will charge the remainder to operations related to in-process research and
  development. The parties structured the Merger to qualify as a tax free
  reorganization.
  
       In the Merger, the Company will issue up to a maximum of approximately 1.35
  million shares of its Series A Common Stock (the "Shares") to Narrative
  security holders and has assumed options to purchase Narrative Common Stock.
  These assumed options will be exercisable for approximately 141,273 Shares in
  the aggregate (which count towards the 1.35 million Shares to be issued in the
  Merger), or approximately .2206 Shares each, subject to the terms and
  conditions, including exercisability and vesting schedules, of the original
  Narrative options. The Company is obligated to file, as promptly as reasonably
  practicable after the completion of the Merger, a shelf registration statement
  on Form S-3 to provide for the resale of certain of the Shares. The Company is
  further obligated to file a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
  applicable form) with respect to the assumed options and the Shares issued
  pursuant to the exercise of these options within 180 days after the completion
  of the Merger.
  
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  ITEM 7:  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
  
       (a)  Financial Statements.
            -------------------- 
  
            Financial statements required by this item have not been included with
            the original report on Form 8-K but will be filed prior to March 15,
            1999.
  
       (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information.
            ------------------------------- 
  
            Pro forma financial information required by this item has not been
            included with the original report on Form 8-K but will be filed prior
            to March 15, 1999.
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
            -------- 
  
            2.1  Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 17, 1998 by and among
                 the Company, Transitory Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of
                 the Company) and Narrative.
  
            2.2  Certificate of Merger as filed on December 30, 1998 with the
                 Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
  
            2.3  Escrow Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and among the
                 Company, Charles M. Hazard, Jr. as representative of the
                 Narrative stockholders and State Street Bank and Trust Company of
                 California, N.A., as escrow agent.
  
            2.4  Rights Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and between the
                 Company and each of the Narrative stockholders.
  
            99.1 Press Release issued by the Company on December 18, 1998
                 announcing the agreement by the Company to acquire Narrative.
  
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  SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                   AT HOME CORPORATION
  
  Date:  January 14, 1999          By:  /s/ Kenneth A. Goldman
                                        ----------------------
                                        Kenneth A. Goldman,
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 17, 1998 by and among the
        Company, Transitory Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company)
        and Narrative.
  
  2.2   Certificate of Merger as filed on December 30, 1998 with the Secretary of
        State of the State of Delaware.
  
  2.3   Escrow Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and among the Company, Charles
        M. Hazard, Jr. as representative of the Narrative stockholders and State
        Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as escrow agent.
  
  2.4   Rights Agreement dated December 30, 1998 by and between the Company and
        each of the Narrative stockholders.
  
  99.1  Press Release issued by the Company on December 18, 1998 announcing the
        agreement by the Company to acquire Narrative.
  
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