Hawthorne's Short Stories

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 11, 2011 - Fiction - 448 pages
Here are the best of Hawthorne's short stories. There are twenty-four of them -- not only the most familiar, but also many that are virtually unknown to the average reader. The selection was made by Professor Newton Arvin of Smith College, a recognized authority on Hawthorne and a distinguished literary critic as well. His fine introduction admirably interprets Hawthorne's mind and art.
 

Contents

THE GRAY CHAMPION
3
THE MINISTERS BLACK VEIL
10
THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT
33
WAKEFIELD
63
THE GREAT CARBUNCLE
72
THE PROPHETIC PICTURES
85
DR HEIDEGGERS EXPERIMENT
99
LADY ELEANORES MANTLE
108
RAPPACCINIS DAUGHTER
206
THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD
234
A MORALIZED LEGEND
251
EGOTISM OR THE BOSOM SERPENT
270
THE CHRISTMAS BANQUET
283
DROWNES WOODEN IMAGE
300
EARTHS HOLOCAUST
312
THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL
331

OLD ESTHER DUDLEY
121
THE AMBITIOUS GUEST
130
THE WHITE OLD MAID
138
PETER GOLDTHWAITES TREASURE
148
ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS
167
THE BIRTHMARK
177
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
193
THE GREAT STONE FACE
357
ETHAN BRAND
375
THE WIVES OF THE DEAD
391
THE ANTIQUE RING
399
ALICE DOANES APPEAL
411
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1805-64) was an American novelist and short-story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and graduated from Bowdoin College. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828, followed by several collections of short stories, including Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an Old Manse. His later novels include The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun.

Newton Arvin (1900-63) was a literary critic and professor at Smith College known for his influential writings about nineteenth-century American literature. He is the author of biographies of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman, and his biography of Herman Melville won the National Book Award in 1951.

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