Tanglewood tales, for girls and boys: being a second wonder-book, The interior of this book is a facsimile reproduction of a rare book published in Boston and New York, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, in 1887. Search for books of similar interest with the keyword hcbooks. Introductory note by G.P. Lathrop The wayside, introductory The minotaur The pygmies The dragon's teeth Circe's palace The pomegranate seeds The golden fleeceBy Nathaniel Hawthorne, with illustrations.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, where his birthplace is now a museum. William Hathorne, who emigrated from England in 1630, was the first of Hawthorne's ancestors to arrive in the colonies. After arriving, William persecuted Quakers. William's son John Hathorne was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (Salem, 4 de Julho de 1804 - Plymouth, 19 de Maio de 1864) foi um escritor norte-americano, considerado o primeiro grande escritor dos Estados Unidos e o maior contista de seu pais, sendo o responsavel por tornar decisivamente o puritanismo americano um dos temas centrais da tradicao gotica."

Nathaniel Hawthorne (4 juillet 1804, Salem, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis - 19 mai 1864, Plymouth, New Hampshire, Etats-Unis) est un ecrivain americain, auteur de nouvelles et de romans."

Nathaniel Hawthorne (* 4. Juli 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts; 19. Mai 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller der Romantik. Mit seinen oft allegorischen Romanen und Kurzgeschichten erlangte er Weltgeltung."

In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation-or its downfall.

"Rappaccini's Daughter" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne first published in the December 1844 issue of The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, and later in the 1846 collection Mosses from an Old Manse. It is about Giacomo Rappaccini, a medical researcher in medieval Padua who grows a garden of poisonous plants. He brings up his daughter to tend the plants, and she becomes resistant to the poisons, but in the process she herself becomes poisonous to others. The traditional story of a poisonous maiden has been traced back to India, and Hawthorne's version has been adopted in...

"The Birth-Mark" is a romantic short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that examines obsession with human perfection. It was first published in the March 1843 edition of The Pioneer. It later appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1846.

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. His published works include novels, short stories, and a biography of his college friend Franklin Pierce.

The principal setting is a communal farm called Blithedale (i.e., "Happy Valley"), a would-be modern Arcadia along the lines of the anti-capitalist ideals of Charles Fourier, yet is nonetheless destroyed by the self-interested behavior of some of its members. Among those members are: Hollingsworth, a monomaniacal philanthropist and confirmed misogynist who intends to turn Blithedale into a colony for the reformation of criminals; Zenobia, a passionate feminist of exotic origin who ironically finds Hollingsworth's misogyny irresistible; Priscilla, a young and impecunious seamstress from the...