Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New Englan...
In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive old Pyncheon fami...
CONTENTS The Christmas Banquet Drowne's Wooden Image The Intelligence-Office Roger Malvin's Burial P.'s Correspondence Earth's Holocaust Sketches from Memory The Old Apple Dealer The Artist of the Beautiful A Virtuoso's Collection...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer best known for the novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Much of Hawthorne’s work centers around New England and his stories carry moral messages through complex characters. This ed...
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer best known for the novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Much of Hawthorne’s work centers around New England and his stories carry moral messages through complex characters. This ed...
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer best known for the novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Much of Hawthorne’s work centers around New England and his stories carry moral messages through complex characters. This ed...
There once lived a very rich king called Midas who believed that nothing was more precious than goldSo begins this imaginative retelling of the myth of the man with the golden touch. When a mysterious stranger offers to grant King Midas a wish, th...
Tanglewood Tales is a collection of famous Greek myths beautifully retold and adapted for young readers. The collection includes six tales: the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the myth of Antaeus and the Pygmies, the myth of the Dragon’s Teeth, t...
is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning....
Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, Dark romanticism. His themes often center on ...
The Prophetic Pictures is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In "The Prophetic Pictures," the evil soul that the master painter has seen in the happy young bridegroom finally makes its way through the picture and onto the face itself. In story aft...
MY DEAR COUSIN: -- I should be very glad to write a story, as you request, for the benefit of the Essex Institute, or for any other purpose that might be deemed desirable by my native townspeople. But it is now many years since the epoch of the "Twic...
Includes the classic by Louisa May Alcott Includes easy-to-use search and navigation. Includes tap-and-go Table of Contents. Click here to go to the Collected Works of Louisa May Alcott...
Buds and Bird Voices is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former El...
A Childish Miracle is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Eliz...
Circe's Palace is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabet...
David Swan is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Cl...
Drowne's Wooden Image is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former E...
Earth's Holocaust is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Eliza...
Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the...
A short story written by famous American novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fancy's Show-Box is story of morality, guilt, and its affects on the soul....
Fire Worship is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth ...
Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne....
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Little Masterpieces - A Collection of Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Little Masterpieces - A Collection of His Short Stories. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four vener...
There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II., the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the co...
It makes me melancholy to see how like fools some very sensible people act in the matter of choosing wives. They perplex their judgments by a most undue attention to little niceties of personal appearance, habits, disposition, and other trifles which...
Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne....
Edward Fane's Rosebud is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Eli...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
In those strange old times when fantastic dreams and madmen's reveries were realized among the actual circumstances of life, two persons met together at an appointed hour and place. One was a lady graceful in form and fair of feature, though pale and...
Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne....
Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest writers in American literature. Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts which was the home of the infamous witch trials. Hawthorne’s great-great grandfather was one of the judges for the tr...
Hawthorne struggled in vain to complete this fragment of a romance for more than twenty years. Based on an old English legend of a bloody footprint, it illuminates many of the themes Hawthorne touched on in his greatest works, as well as his methods ...
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Renowned 19th-century author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes fully in his own time, not haunting his characters with the American past as in his more famous works THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES and THE SCARLET LETTER. Published in 1852, THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was one of Americas most famous writers.Best known for the classic book The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne also wrote many other well known books and short stories including The House of the Seven Gables and Young Goodman Br...
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a key American novelist and short story writer of the Romantic period. 'The Christmas Banquet', originally published in 1844, is a classic example of Hawthorne's preoccupation with the darker side of human nature. ...
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This extraordinary fragment, left incomplete at the author's death, hints at the direction Hawthorne's genius may have taken had he lived. Ironically, the subject is the search -- through science rather than magic -- for an "elixir of life."...
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Collection of short stories, including The Snow Image, The Great Stone Face, Ethan Brand, The Canterbury Pilgrims, The Devil in Manuscript, and My Kinsman, Major Molineux.According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, ...
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Colonial history comes to life in this 1850 gathering of sketches for young people, unified by a chair passed down through the generations. Includes “The Quakers and the Indians,” “The Salem Witches,” “Cotton Mather,” “The Stamp Act,”...
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Contents: The Old Manse The Birthmark A Select Party Young Goodman Brown Rappaccini's Daughter Mrs. Bullfrog Fire Worship Buds and Bird Voices Monseiur du Miroir The Hall of Fantasy The Celestial Railroad The Procession of Life Featherto...
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Many of the earliest stories of witchcraft and black magic, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editi...
Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was one of Americas most famous writers.Best known for the classic book The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne also wrote many other well known books and short stories including The House of the Seven Gables and Young Goodman Br...
Published posthumously in 1872, this novel was very much a work-in-progress at the time of Hawthorne's death. Nevertheless, it is of interest for its dramatic qualities -- featuring an attempt to achieve immortality through science -- and for i...
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by the American author of the celebrated The Scarlet Letter. The book introduces young readers to six classic stories taken from Greek mythology and first narrated in t...
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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic reade...
This selection of twenty of Hawthorne's tales is the first in paperback to present his most important short works with full annotation in one volume....
""The Ambitious Guest" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. A young traveler stops for the night with a family that lives in a "notch" next to a mountain. They make friendly conversation, interrupted once by the sound of a wagon carrying other tr...
Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest American writers of the nineteenth century, and some of his most powerful work was in the form of fable-like tales that make rich use of allegory and symbolism....
Hawthorne’s son Julian edited and published his father’s last, unfinished novel -- “undress rehearsals” -- in 1882. A story involving the narrator, an archetypal mad scientist, a lovely young woman, and a sexy maid creates a real science-fict...
In an ancient though not very populous settlement, in a retired corner of one of the New England States, arise the walls of a seminary of learning, which, for the convenience of a name, shall be entitled "Harley College." This institution, though ...
Feathertop is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Cl...
" ...]the sand without the certainty that, almost ere the sky has looked upon them, the sea will wash them out. Stir not hence till the record be effaced. Now-for there is room enough on your canvas-draw huge faces, -huge as that of the Sphinx on Egy...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest writers in American literature. Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts which was the home of the infamous witch trials. Hawthorne’s great-great grandfather was one of the judges for the tr...
There is an admirable foundation for a philosophic romance in the curious history of the early settlement of Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount. In the slight sketch here attempted the facts recorded on the grave pages of our New England annalists have ...
In "The Minotaur" Hawthorne's art of storytelling illuminates the ugliness of evil in all its unnatural and vicious forms through the image of the Minotaur, a monster part man and part bull that each year devours fourteen Athenian youth chosen by lot...
In many parts of the country when the soil is disturbed arrow heads are found. Now, it is a great many years since arrow heads have been used, and they were never used by the people who own the land in which they appear or by their ancestors. To expl...
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The man of fancy made an entertainment at one of his castles in the air, and invited a select number of distinguished personages to favor him with their presence. The mansion, though less splendid than many that have been situated in the same region,...
The Shaker Bridal is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 " May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Eliza...
Included in this volume of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tales are "The Snow-Image," "The Great Stone Face," "Main Street," "Ethan Brand," "A Bell's Biography," "Sylph Etherege," "The Canterbury Pilgrims," "Old News," "The Man of Adamant," "The De...
Tales from the White Mountains is a collection of four of Nathaniel Hawthorne's evocative short stories, all set in the eponymous mountains of New Hampshire which captured his imagination. "The Great Stone Face" is the story of a gentle man who longs...
Kind Patrons: -- -We newspaper carriers are Time's errand-boys; and all the year round, the old gentleman sends us from one of your doors to another, to let you know what he is talking about and what he is doing. We are a strange set of urchins; for,...
This Housemartin Classics edition includes the full original text as well as an easy to use interactive table of contents....
In some old magazine or newspaper I recollect a story, told as truth, of a man-let us call him Wakefield-who absented himself for a long time from his wife. The fact, thus abstractedly stated, is not very uncommon, nor, without a proper distinction o...
There is a certain church, in the city of New York which I have always regarded with peculiar interest on account of a marriage there solemnized under very singular circumstances in my grandmother's girlhood. That venerable lady chanced to be a spect...