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- 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.

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"Do you enjoy classic literature in easy-to-carry paperback? Then you'll love Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne! Contains volume I and II combined into one book. Enjoy these short stories: ""The Gray Champion"" ""Sunday at Home"" ""The Wedding-Knell"" ""The Minister's Black Veil"" ""The May-Pole 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"" 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"" ""Snow-Flakes"" ""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"" ""Foot-prints on the Sea-shore"" ""Edward Fane's Rosebud"" ""The Threefold Destiny"" Perhaps you read Twice Told Tales in school as a youth or maybe this is your first time reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece or maybe you're a teacher buying the book for your children's literature class. Either way, enjoy Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales book today!"

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. Hawthorne was encouraged by friend Horatio Bridge to collect these previously anonymous stories; Bridge offered $250 to cover the risk of the publication. Many had been published in The Token, edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. When the works became popular, Bridge revealed Hawthorne as the author in a review he published in the Boston Post. The title, Twice-Told Tales, was based on a line from William Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John (Act 3, scene 4): "Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man."The quote referenced may also be Hawthorne's way of acknowledging a belief that many of his stories were ironic retellings of familiar tropes. The book was published by the American Stationers' Company on March 6, 1837; its cover price was one dollar. Hawthorne had help in promoting the book from Elizabeth Peabody. She sent copies of the collection to William Wordsworth as well as to Horace Mann, hoping that Mann could get Hawthorne a job writing stories for schoolchildren. After publication, Hawthorne asked a friend to check with the local bookstore to see how it was selling. After noting the initial expenses for publishing had not been met, he complained: "Surely the book was puffed enough to meet with sale. What the devil's the matter?" By June, between 600 and 700 copies were sold but sales were soon halted by the Panic of 1837 and the publisher went out of business within a year.

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How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. Hawthorne was encouraged by friend Horatio Bridge to collect these previously anonymous stories; Bridge offered $250 to cover the risk of the publication. Many had been published in The Token, edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. When the works became popular, Bridge revealed Hawthorne as the author in a review he published in the Boston Post. The title, Twice-Told Tales, was based on a line from William Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John (Act 3, scene 4): "Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man."The quote referenced may also be Hawthorne's way of acknowledging a belief that many of his stories were ironic retellings of familiar tropes. The book was published by the American Stationers' Company on March 6, 1837; its cover price was one dollar. Hawthorne had help in promoting the book from Elizabeth Peabody. She sent copies of the collection to William Wordsworth as well as to Horace Mann, hoping that Mann could get Hawthorne a job writing stories for schoolchildren. After publication, Hawthorne asked a friend to check with the local bookstore to see how it was selling. After noting the initial expenses for publishing had not been met, he complained: "Surely the book was puffed enough to meet with sale. What the devil's the matter?" By June, between 600 and 700 copies were sold but sales were soon halted by the Panic of 1837 and the publisher went out of business within a year.