Books with title Twice-Told Tales

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*Includes 39 of Hawthorne’s short stories As one of America’s most famous writers and novelists, Nathaniel Hawthorne needs no formal introduction. He worked at a Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to The Wayside in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children. Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. Several of them are considered examples of the finest American literature.

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There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II., the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies and sent a harsh and unprincipled soldier to take away our liberties and endanger our religion.

INCLUDES: THE SNOW-IMAGE: A CHILDISH MIRACLE, THE GREAT STONE FACE, ETHAN BRAND, MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEUX, ALICE DOANE'S APPEAL, YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER, THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD, THE BIRTHMARK, EGOTISM, OR, THE BOSOM SERPENT, EARTH'S HOLOCAUST, THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL, THE WEDDING KNELL, THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL, THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT, MR. HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTOPHE, THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS, DR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT, LADY ELEANORE'S MANTLE, OLD ESTHER DUDLEY, THE AMBITIOUS GUEST, FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND, THE PROPHETIC PRINCESS, AND PETER GOLDTHWAITE'S TREASURE/AMAZING STORIES.