Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Published in 1852, this collection of short stories was the last to appear from the author in his lifetime. It includes a number of notable stories, among them "Ethan Brand," in which a man discovers "the unpardonable sin," "The Man of Adamant," in which a hermit undergoes a horrifying transformation, and "My Kinsman, Major Molineaux," a dark depiction of America at the time of the Revolution.
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When two men are gravely injured during the Battle of Pequawket in 1725, one makes a choice that will haunt him for the remainder of his days. Although Reuben and Roger take shelter against a tombstone-shaped rock together, Reuben survives only by leaving his friend to die. Years later, Reuben takes his grown son hunting and is forced to confront his guilt about not keeping his promise to a dying man. "Roger Malvin's Burial" was adapted into a short...
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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," "The Boston Massacre," "The Tea-Party and Lexington," "The Tory's Farewell," and "The War for Independence."
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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-fiction type romance. A New England setting and a Gothic theme give the novel a feeling of completeness, despite its lack of a true end.
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DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Hawthorne collection: Novels: Fanshawe The Scarlet Letter The House of the Seven Gables The Blithedale Romance The Marble Faun The Dolliver Romance Septimius Felton Doctor Grimshawe's Secret Collections of Short Stories: Twice-Told Tales The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair Biographical Stories Mosses from an Old Manse Wonder Book For Girls and Boys The Snow Image and Other Twice Told...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Ancestral Footstep (fragment)" (Outlines of an English Romance) by Nathaniel Hawthorne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Passages from a Relinquished Work (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it...
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This is a unique collection of fairy tales and legends by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Table of Contents:
Wonder Book For Girls and Boys
The Gorgon's Head
The Golden Touch
The Paradise Of Children
The Three Golden Apples
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Chimaera
Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys:
The Wayside
The Minotaur
The Pygmies
The Dragon's Teeth
Circe's Palace
The Pomegranate Seeds
The Golden Fleece
American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's...
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Every year the ten most miserable people in town are invited to a Christmas banquet. Their misery is shared alongside the holiday feast, and every year, an increasingly wretched Gervayse Hastings makes his appearance. Over time, all the other guests seem to have grown in character and risen above their sad condition, except of course, Mr. Hastings. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne originally subtitled this anti-Christmas tale "An Allegory of the Human Heart"....
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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title-offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.
This edition of Tanglewood Tales includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword...
32) Septimius Felton
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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 its tragic story of greed and love.
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Overnight, Reverend Hooper has taken to wearing a translucent, but dark veil. Believing the veil to be symbolic of his sin, Hooper refuses to remove it, and wears it throughout the rest of his life. Like the majority of Hawthorne's stories, "The Minister's Black Veil" is an allegorical criticism of Puritan beliefs. Hawthorne may have been inspired by clergyman Joseph Moody, who accidentally killed his friend and, in response, wore a black veil until...
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Con abrumadora frecuencia Edgar Allan Poe es considerado como el gran maestro (práctico y teórico) del cuento llamado "clásico". Sin embargo, Poe no arribó a sus conclusiones por generación espontánea. En efecto, contaba con un extraordinario talento, pero la gran mayoría de sus ideas acerca de la composición cuentística no existirían de no ser por la lectura obsesiva y concienzuda que hizo de la obra de un coetáneo suyo, Nathaniel Hawthorne....
35) In Colonial Days
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Excerpt: "One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church. The sign represented the front of a stately edifice, which was designated as the "Old Province House, kept by Thomas Waite." I was glad to be thus reminded of a purpose, long entertained, of visiting and rambling over the mansion of the old royal governors of Massachusetts;...
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While travelling into the forest on an errand, Young Goodman Brown and his wife happen upon a Sabbath for witches where they are offered as new converts, prompting Brown to question his faith and trust in his spouse. Set in Puritan Salem, Massachusetts, "Young Goodman Brown" reflects author Nathaniel Hawthorne's perspective on this dark period of American history. Hawthorne was widely known for his common use of seventeenth-century Salem as a setting...
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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." Poignantly, the unfinished manuscript lay upon Hawthorne's coffin during the author's funeral services.
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sketches from Memory (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches")" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment...
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A key figure in the development of American literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) is best remembered as the author of The Scarlet Letter. The New England native also wrote scores of short stories, many of them reflecting his Puritan heritage in their preoccupation with evil, guilt, and sin. Rich in allegorical detail and symbolic imagery, Hawthorne's darkly romantic tales are characterized by the struggle for freedom from social conventions....