Books with title Twice-Told Tales

A collection of 36 short stories, including; The Gray Champion; Sunday At Home; The Wedding-Knell; The Minister's Black Veil; 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; The Prophetic Pictures; David Swan; Sights From A Steeple; The Hollow Of The Three Hills; The Toll-Gatherer's Day, and more.

A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic collection of short stories, originally published in two volumes in 1837 and 1842. Among the stories in this collection are such classics as: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," "The Great Carbuncle," "The Wedding-Knell," "The Minister's Black Veil," "The May-Pole of Merry Mount," "The Haunted Mind," and "The Ambitious Guest."

Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is perhaps Hawthorne's most famous book of short stories. The full list of the stories in Twice-Told Tales is: THE GRAY CHAMPION SUNDAY AT HOME THE WEDDING-KNELL THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL 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 THE PROPHETIC PICTURES DAVID SWAN SIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS THE TOLL-GATHERER'S DAY THE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN FANCY'S SHOW-BOX DR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE-HOUSE THE HAUNTED MIND THE VILLAGE UNCLE 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 FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEASHORE EDWARD FANE'S ROSEBUD THE THREEFOLD DESTINY Enjoy Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne today!

- Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings by renowned artists, Twice-Told Tales is the first of Hawthorne's marvelous short story collections and was praised upon first publication as a work of genius. Edgar Allan Poe described the short stories as 'remarkable' and Hawthorne's style as 'singularly effective - wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes.'- Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's modern readers as it would have been when first published well over a century ago, the short story collection is one of the great works of American literature and continues to be widely read and studied throughout the world.- This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text.

This is the annotated edition including both volumes of the original book, a rare and extensive biographical essay on the author, as well as an essay by Edgar Allan Poe on Hawthorne's tale-writing.Hawthorne's early stories were collected in 1837 and published under the title "Twice-Told Tales." They include two of the stories founded on early New England annals, -- "The Gray Champion," based on a tradition of one of the judges of Charles I., and "The Maypole of Merry-Mount," in which Endicott appears as the embodiment of the Puritan spirit. Besides these are the allegories "Fancy's Show Box," "The Great Carbuncle," and " The Prophetic Pictures ; " "The Hollow of the Three Hills," one of the typical stories of witchcraft, foreshadowing some of his later and more powerful work; the curious study, "Wakefield", the popular "Rill from the Town Pump ;" the pretty' fantasy, " David Swan," in which the lighthearted boy goes on his pilgrimage unconscious of the shadows of possibilities that have fallen across his sleeping face; the pathetic story of Quaker suffering, "The Gentle Boy ; " " Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," -' touching a subject which recurs again in " Septimius Felton " and " The Dolliver Romance ;" and the light humor of "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe,-" — thus including almost every class of subject on which he afterward touched, though in all he rose to higher levels in his later work. '

"Twice-Told Tales" is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most loved collections of short stories. Presented here is the complete collection of tales which includes the following: The Gray Champion, Sunday at Home, The Wedding-Knell, The Minister's Black Veil, 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, The Prophetic Pictures, David Swan, Sights From a Steeple, The Hollow of the Three Hills, The Toll-Gatherer's Day, The Vision of the Fountain, Fancy's Show=Box, Dr. Heidegger's Experiement, 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, 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, Endicott and the Red Cross, The Lily's Quest, Footprints on the S

- Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings by renowned artists, Twice-Told Tales is the first of Hawthorne's marvelous short story collections and was praised upon first publication as a work of genius. Edgar Allan Poe described the short stories as 'remarkable' and Hawthorne's style as 'singularly effective - wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes.'- Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's modern readers as it would have been when first published well over a century ago, the short story collection is one of the great works of American literature and continues to be widely read and studied throughout the world.- This meticulous edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text.

The creator of such quick-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 19th century. This quantity collects lots of his maximum famous short works and is a fitting compendium of his literary achievements for newbies or longtime Hawthorne fanatics alike.

"Complete in One Volume ""To this little book, we would say, 'Live ever, sweet, sweet book.' It comes from the hand of a man of genius.… [Hawthorne's writing] is characterized by a large proportion of feminine elements, depth and tenderness of feeling, exceeding purity of mind."" —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hawthorne's writings are ""a pure and living stream of manly thought and feeling, which characterizes always the true man, the Christian, the republican and the pat"