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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" 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.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's first published book, "Twice Told Tales", established him as a American literary force in the early 1800s. Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables" published "Twice-Told Tales" in 1837. This book collected 18 stories Hawthorne had previously published in small literary journals. The collection was expanded five years later to more than double the total story count to 39. The stories that make up the collection show Hawthorne's Puritan roots and explore ideas of sin and pride through allegory, a literary device that gives a story a second meaning. Hawthorne's contemporaries, Poe and Longfellow, praised the book, which was also named 1837's Book of the Year by the Grolier Club, America's oldest book club.

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.