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The Snow Image

The Snow Image

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Some of Nathaniel Hawthorne's early stories for children which appeared initially in juvenile magazines ended up in collections of stories for adults. Such was the case with "Little Annie's Ramble," which appeared first in Youth's Keepsake and then, a few years later, in the first edition of Twice-Told Tales. Other stories took the reverse journey...

The Gorgon's Head

The Gorgon's Head

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The author has long been of opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into very capital reading for children.In the little volume here offered to the public, he has worked up half a dozen of them, with this end in view. A great freedom of treatment was necessary to his plan; but it will be observed by every one who att..

Fanshawe

Fanshawe

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fanshawe is a novel written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was his first published work, which he published anonymously in 1828. Dr. Melmoth, the President of fictional Harley College, takes into his care Ellen Langton, the daughter of his friend, Mr. Langton, who is at sea. Ellen is a young, beautiful girl and attracts the attentions o..

Our Old Home -  A Series of English Sketches

Our Old Home - A Series of English Sketches

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches is a travel literature work by  Nathaniel Hawthorne.  I have not asked your consent, my dear General, to the foregoing inscription, because it would have been no inconsiderable disappointment to me had you withheld it; for I have long desired to connect your name with some book of mine, in commem..

The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair

The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

IN writing this ponderous tome, the author’s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the YOUNG may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thre..

The Wives of the Dead

The Wives of the Dead

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Wives of the Dead is an 1832 short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a much-beloved pioneer of early American literature. First published in the annual periodical The Token and later included in Hawthorne’s 1852 collection, The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, “The Wives of the Dead” concerns two sisters-in-law who become widows after their ..

Passages from the American Notebooks

Passages from the American Notebooks

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Passages from the English Notebooks is a collection of travel writing by Nathaniel Hawthorne written in two volumes and this book contains both volumes in one edition. It seems justly due to Mr. Hawthorne that the occasion of any portion of his private journals being brought before the Public should be made known, since they were originally designe..

Biographical Stories

Biographical Stories

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Biographical Stories for Children is a collection short biographical tales of historical figures including Queen Christina, Benjamin Franklin, Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Johnson, Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin West. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Hawthorne's works belong to romanticism or, more specif..