Nathaniel Hawthorne

Broschiertes Buch

The House of the Seven Gables and the Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales

Beschreibung

This book contains a collection of stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, including "House of the Seven Gables", "The Snow Image", and many more. The main story of this collection, "The House of the Seven Gables", is a gothic novel about the ancestral home of a New England family that explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement. This collection would make for a great addition to any bookshelf, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Hawthorne's work. The chapters of this volume include: "The Old Pyncheon Family", "The Little Shop-Window", "The First Customer", "A Day Behind the Counter", "May and November", "Maule's Well", "The Guest", "The Pyncheon of To-Day", etcetera. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Autor

American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804, to May 19, 1864) wrote both novels and short stories. His works typically touch on history, religion, and morality. His family had a lengthy history in Salem, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1804. Hawthorne enrolled at Bowdoin College in 1821, was chosen for membership in Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and received his diploma in 1825. Fanshawe, his debut novel, was published in 1828; he later tried to suppress it because he believed it fell short of the caliber of his later works. In magazines, he produced a number of short stories, which he later compiled as Twice-Told Tales in 1837. He proposed to Sophia Peabody the next year. Before getting married to Peabody in 1842, he joined the transcendentalist community of Brook Farm and worked at the Boston Custom House. The pair first settled in Concord, Massachusetts' The Old Manse before relocating to Salem, the Berkshires, and finally The Wayside. Following the release of The Scarlet Letter in 1850, a number of other novels followed. Prior to their 1860 return to Concord, Hawthorne and his family traveled to Europe as part of a political appointment as a consul. He passed away on May 19, 1864.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ford. Press
• Seitenzahl: 646
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781443705615
• ISBN-10: 1443705616
• Artikelnr.: 25050998