Twice-told tales
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About This Book
The author of such short-fiction masterpieces as Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black Veil, Nathaniel Hawthorne is regarded as one of the most significant American writers of the nineteenth century. This volume collects many of his most famous short works and is a fitting compendium of his literary achievements for newcomers or longtime Hawthorne fans alike.
Chapters (53)
- TWICE-TOLD TALES
- 1889
- CONTENTS
- Twice-Told Tales
- THE GRAY CHAMPION
- SUNDAY AT HOME
- THE WEDDING-KNELL
- THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL
- A PARABLE[1]
- THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT
- THE GENTLE BOY
- MR. HIGGINBOTHAM’S CATASTROPHE
- LITTLE ANNIE’S RAMBLE
- WAKEFIELD
- A RILL FROM THE TOWN-PUMP
- THE GREAT CARBUNCLE[4]
- A MYSTERY OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
- THE PROPHETIC PICTURES[5]
- DAVID SWAN
- A FANTASY
- SIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE
- THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS
- THE TOLL-GATHERER’S DAY
- A SKETCH OF TRANSITORY LIFE
- THE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN
- FANCY’S SHOW-BOX
- A MORALITY
- 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 VILLAGE UNCLE
- AN IMAGINARY RETROSPECT
- THE AMBITIOUS GUEST
- THE SISTER-YEARS
- SNOWFLAKES
- THE SEVEN VAGABONDS
- THE WHITE OLD MAID
- PETER GOLDTHWAITE’S TREASURE
- CHIPPINGS WITH A CHISEL
- THE SHAKER BRIDAL
- NIGHT-SKETCHES,
- BENEATH AN UMBRELLA
- ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS
- THE LILY’S QUEST
- AN APOLOGUE
- FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEASHORE
- EDWARD FANE’S ROSEBUD
- THE THREEFOLD DESTINY
- A FAËRY LEGEND
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