Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a fiction work based on the themes of legalism, sin and guilt. To punish the people involving in adultery, the 17th century Puritan rules asks the guilty people to wear The scarlet letter “A” as the symbol of Adultery and affair. Hester Prynne, who presumes her husband lost at sea. She conceiv..
Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories
by Nathaniel HawthorneMosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist who is best remembered for his fiction work “The Scarlet Letter”. Hawthorne titled this short story collection in remembrance of his life with his wife at “The Old Manse”, a historic manse of American literary associations. Like many of his works, Mos..
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist remembered for his contribution to Romantic Movement, especially Dark romanticism. This novel has been written based on the inspiration from the author’s cousin’s house earlier owned by the author’s family. The novel opens with the current reside..
Twice Told Tales
by Nathaniel HawthorneTwice Told Tales is a collection of short stories written by the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, best remembered for his works such as The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, Mosses from an Old Manse, and A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. More than 30 short stories which were published previously in various forms have been c..
The Blithedale Romance
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Blithedale Romance is Nathaniel Hawthorne's third major romance. In Hawthorne (1879), Henry James called it the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest" of Hawthorne's unhumorous fictions. The story takes place primarily in the utopian community of Blithedale, presumably in the mid-1800s. The main character, Miles Coverdale, embarks on a quest f..
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
by Nathaniel HawthorneA Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling ..
The Marble Faun
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. The Marble Faun, written on the eve of the American Civil War, is set in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, gothic novel, and tr..
True Stories from History and Biography
by Nathaniel HawthorneTrue Stories of History and Biography is a collection of biographical stories of real history contains Biographical stories: Benjamin West. Sir Isaac Newton. Samuel Johnson. Oliver Cromwell. Benjamin Franklin. Queen Christina. In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarka..