Mosses from an old manse : stories / Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

Manners and customs--Fiction.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Whatever Nathaniel Hawthorne may hereafter write, Mosses from an Old Manse will ultimately be accounted his masterpiece." -Herman Melville Aylmer is an inventor, the greatest of his age. But his heart is torn between his devotion to science and his love for his beautiful wife, Georgiana, whose appearance would be perfect were it not for the small red birthmark on her cheek. Unnaturally obsessed with the blemish, Aylmer sets out to erase it from his beloved's face-and discovers that his heedless quest to master Nature has disastrous consequences. A Gothic romance both chilling and tragic, "The Birthmark" is just one of the masterworks of short fiction in this classic collection, which also includes "Young Goodman Brown, " "Rappaccini's Daughter, " and the pioneering work of alternative history, "P.'s Correspondence." First published in 1846, Mosses from an Old Manse reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne to be a visionary far ahead of his time, and one of the most haunting voices in American literature. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

THE BIRTHMARK

YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN

RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER

MRS. BULLFROG

THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD

THE PROCESSION OF LIFE

FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND

EGOTISM

OR, THE BOSOM SERPENT

DROWNE'S WOODEN IMAGE

ROGER MALVIN'S BURIAL

THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL

Copyright.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 5, 2016).

ISBN:

9781504035392

1504035399

OCLC:

946788049