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Hawthorne's short stories / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited with an introduction by Newton Arvin.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Author). Arvin, Newton, 1900-1963 (Added Author).

Summary:

Twenty four of the best of Hawthorne's short stories.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307741219 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0307741214 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxii, 422 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, [2011], ©1973.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.

Formatted Contents Note:

The gray champion -- The minister's black veil -- The maypole of Merry Mount -- The gentle boy -- Wakefield -- The great carbuncle -- The prophetic pictures -- Dr. Heidegger's experiment -- Lady Eleanore's mantle -- Old Esther Dudley -- The ambitious guest -- The white old maid -- Peter Goldthwaite's treasure -- Endicott and the Red Cross -- The birthmark -- Young Goodman Brown -- Rappaccini's daughter -- The celestial railroad -- Feathertop, a moralized legend -- Egotism, or, The bosom serpent -- The Christmas banquet -- Drowne's wooden image -- Earth's holocaust -- The artist of the beautiful -- The great stone face -- Ethan Brand -- The wives of the dead -- The antique ring -- Alice Doane's appeal.