Twenty-four of the best short stories by one of the early masters of the form, in the definitive collection edited by acclaimed scholar Newton Arvin.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. The dark beauty and moral force of his imagination are evident in such enduring masterpieces as "Young Goodman Brown," in which a young man who believes he has witnessed a satanic initiation can never see his pious neighbors the same way again; �... [Read More]
An anthology finalist in the NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, "6a66le: The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849" delivers 12 of the greatest horror stories for the first half of the nineteenth century.Andrew Barger, the editor of this book as well as "Edgar Allan Poe Annotated Entire Stories and Poems," read over 300 horror short stories to compile the 12 best. At the back of the book he includes a list of all short stories he considered along with their dates of publication and author, when available. He even includes background for each of the stories and author photos. A number of the stor... [Read More]
This Library of America volume offers what no reader has ever been able to find—an authoritative edition of all the tales and sketches of Nathaniel Hawthorne in a single comprehensive volume. Everything is included from his three books of stories, Twice-told Tales (1837, revised 1851), Mosses from an Old Manse (1846, 1854), and The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-told Tales (1851), and from his two books of stories for children based on classical myths, A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (1852) and Tanglewood Tales (1853)—along with sixteen stories not found in any of these volumes. Th... [Read More]
Throughout his richly varied literary career, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) wrote compelling short stories of enduring appeal. His first important publication, long before The Scarlet Letter, was the 1837 collection Twice-Told Tales, which brought the New England writer immediate fame and high praise from no less an authority than Edgar Allan Poe. Another compilation, Mosses from an Old Manse, followed in 1846 and achieved further success.This volume contains six stories from those collections as well as another superb selection, "My Kinsman, Major Molineux." In addition to the latter tal... [Read More]
This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell : The Complete Novels - Thomas Hardy : The Complete Novels - Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Complete Novels - Victor Hugo: The Complete Novels- Robert Louis Stevenson: The Complete Novels - Rudyard Kipling : The Complete Novels and Stories- H. P. Lovecraft : The complete Collection - Edgar Allan Poe : The Complete Tales And Poems- Mary Shelley : The Complete Novels - H. G. Wells : The Classics Novels and Short Stories - Oscar Wilde : The Complete CollectionAlso available :Classics Authors Super Set S... [Read More]
From the author who gave us THE SCARLET LETTER and THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, here is a comprehensive selection of his best short stories, including:Endicott and the Red CrossYoung Goodman BrownEarth's HolocaustEthan BrandMy Kinsman, Major MolineuxAnd more!
Here, in one Library of America volume, are all five of Hawthorne’s world-famous novels. Written in a richly suggestive style that seems remarkably contemporary, they are permeated by his own history as well as America’s. In The House of the Seven Gables, for example, Hawthorne alludes to his ancestor’s involvement in the Salem witch trials, as he follows the fortunes of two rival families, the Maules and the Pyncheons. The novel moves across 150 years of American history, from an ancestral crime condoned by Puritan theocracy to reconciliation and a new beginning in the bustling Jackson... [Read More]
This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine Mansfield, Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, Susan Glaspell, Kate Chopin, Laura E. Richards, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Mark Twain, Charlott... [Read More]
"Selected Tales and Sketches" is a collection of the best short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Collected here are the following tales: The Gray Champion, Sunday at Home, The Minister's Black Veil, The May-Pole of Merry Mount, Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe, Wakefield, The Prophetic Pictures, The Hollow of the Three Hills, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, Legends of the Province-House: I.-Howe's Masquerade, II.-Edward Randolph's Portrait, III.-Lady Eleanore's Mantle, IV.-Old Esther Dudley, The Haunted Mind, The Ambitious Guest, Night Sketches, Endicott and the Red Cross, The Birth-mark, Young Goodm... [Read More]
Of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s insight into the Puritan’s simultaneous need for fulfillment and self-destruction, D. H. Lawrence wrote, “Nathaniel knew disagreeable things in his inner soul. He was careful to send them out in disguise.” By means of artfully crafted and compelling tales, Hawthorne explored the destinies and concerns of early American settlers and citizens. In several of the stories in this collection, characters who hold themselves apart from their fellow man fall prey to the corroding desires of lust for perfection. Then they unwittingly commit evils—against themselves and... [Read More]
Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and this collection by Andrew Barger contains the very scariest of them all. Some stories thought too horrific were published anonymously like “A Night in a Haunted House” and “The Deaf and Dumb Girl.” The later story is collected for the first time in any anthology since its original publication in 1839.The other ghost stories in this fine collection are by famous authors. “The Mask of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allan Poe; “A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family,” by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu; “Th... [Read More]
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s best-loved tales are now available in a revised Norton Critical Edition. This revised Norton Critical Edition brings together twenty-three of Hawthorne’s tales in all their psychological and moral complexity. The Second Edition adds the early biographical sketch “Mrs. Hutchinson” as well as two tales, “The Wives of the Dead” and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” Each tale is accompanied by explanatory annotations. “The Author on His Work” contains the prefaces Hawthorne wrote for the three collections of tales published during his lifetime―The Old Mans... [Read More]
This ebook compiles Nathaniel Hawthorne's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "The Scarlet Letter", "The House of the Seven Gables", "The Minister’s Black Veil", "Young Goodman Brown", "The Birthmark" and "Graves and Goblins". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the ... [Read More]
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a celebrated nineteenth century American literary figure who penned numerous critically acclaimed novels and short stories. Hawthorne's writings were mostly Puritanical moral allegories set in New England. Element of Dark Romanticism, theme of inherent evil, moral dilemma and psychological complexity of human mind are explored in his works consistently. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:Endicott and the Red CrossYoung Goodman BrownEthan BrandMy Kinsman, Major MolineuxEarth's HolocaustThe Gray ChampionThe M... [Read More]
The relationship between husband and wife and the institution of marriage itself is the driving force of many fiction stories. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that have marriage as their theme. The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane.The Marry Month Of May by O. Henry.The Bridal Party by F. Scott Fitzgerald.A Wedding Gift by Guy de Maupassant.The Wedding-Ring by Henry van Dyke.The Wedding Knell by Nathaniel Hawthorne.A Golden Wedding by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
"Selected Tales and Sketches" is a collection of the best short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Collected here are the following tales: The Gray Champion, Sunday at Home, The Minister's Black Veil, The May-Pole of Merry
Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne "American Novelist and Short Story Writer"! 27 Complete Works! Fully Interactive Table of Contents For Easy Navigation! Works Included:A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS & BOYS Biographical Sketches Doctor Grimshawe's Secret
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