Tanglewood Tales (1853) is a sequel to "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys." It retells some of the most famous ancient Greek myths, including Theseus and the Minotaur and Jason and the Golden Fleece.
Tanglewood Tales (1853) is a sequel to "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys." It retells some of the most famous ancient Greek myths, including Theseus a...
Have you ever tried to read The Scarlet Letter but realized midway through the second sentence that you were already lost? No Fear: The Scarlet Letter will change all that. No need to worry about losing the thread anymore: whenever Hawthorne s sentences become too convoluted to follow, or you can t figure out exactly what he s talking about, simply look across at the right-hand page and a simplified, modernized text using the kind of English we actually speak today will set you back on track. Soon you ll be reading Hawthorne s own words fearlessly and actually enjoying it.- Part...
Have you ever tried to read The Scarlet Letter but realized midway through the second sentence that you were already lost? No Fear: The Scar...
One of Nathaniel Hawthorne's great romances, The Blithedale Romance draws upon the author's experiences at Brook Farm, the short-lived utopian community where Hawthorne spent much of 1841. Blithedale ("Happy Valley"), another would-be modern Arcadia, is the stage for Hawthorne's grimly comic tragedy (Henry James famously called the novel "the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest" of Hawthorne's "unhumorous fictions"). In his introduction, Robert S. Levine considers biographical and historical contexts and offers a fresh appreciation of the novel's ironic first-person...
One of Nathaniel Hawthorne's great romances, The Blithedale Romance draws upon the author's experiences at Brook Farm, the short-lived u...
This enduring novel of crime and retribution vividly reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. Nathaniel Hawthorne's gripping psychological drama concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their house is finally exorcised by love. Hawthorne, by birth and education, was instilled with the Puritan belief in America's limitless promise. Yet - in part because of blemishes on his own family history - he also saw the darker side of the young nation. Like his twentieth-century heirs...
This enduring novel of crime and retribution vividly reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. Nathaniel Hawthorne'...
Hawthorne's greatest romance, "The Scarlet Letter," is often simplistically seen as a timeless tale of desire, sin, and redemption. In his introduction, Michael J. Colacurcio argues that "The Scarlet Letter" is a serious historical novel. If Hawthorne's fiction rigorously and faithfully subjects Hester and Dimmesdale to the limits of seventeenth-century possibility, it nonetheless looks forward to the better, brighter world of Margaret Fuller and Fanny Fern, of Charles Fourier and John Humphrey Noyes.
The John Harvard Library edition reproduces the authoritative text of "The Scarlet...
Hawthorne's greatest romance, "The Scarlet Letter," is often simplistically seen as a timeless tale of desire, sin, and redemption. In his introdu...
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century short story writer and novelist. The Scarlet Letter is his most famous novel. The years Hawthorne spent in England were some of his happiest and most trying. President Pierce appointed Hawthorne United States Consul at Liverpool. He held this post for four years. The time Hawthorne spent in public office gave him a chance to leave writing and observe the world. Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") contains pieces on Mrs. Hutchinson, Sir William Phips, Sir William Pepperell, Thomas Green Fessenden, and Jonathan Cilley.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century short story writer and novelist. The Scarlet Letter is his most famous novel. The years Hawthorne spent in Engl...
Tanglewood Tales is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book. It is a rewriting of some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths.
Tanglewood Tales is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book. It is a rewriting of some of the most famous of the anci...
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, this book depicts the legends of The Minotaur, The Pygmies, The Dragon's Teeth, Circe's palace, The Pomegranate Seeds, and The Golden Fleece.
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, this book depicts the legends of The Minotaur, The Pygmies, The Dragon's ...
