Nathaniel Hawthorne

Little Masterpieces (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Little Masterpieces - A Collection of Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Little Masterpieces - A Collection of His Short Stories. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet him in his study. There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, and a withered gentlewoman, whose name was the Widow Wycherly. They were all melancholy old creatures, who had been unfortunate in life, and whose greatest misfortune it was that they were not long ago in their graves. Mr. Medbourne, in the vigor of his age, had been a prosperous merchant, but had lost his all by a frantic speculation, and was now little better than a mendicant. Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years, and his health and substance, in the pursuit of sinful pleasures, which had given birth to a brood of pains, such as the gout, and divers other torments of soul and body.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenbooks Editore
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9791259716811
• Artikelnr.: 61930278

Autorenporträt

Born on the fourth of July in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the stories that lie at the heart of the American Romantic movement. His portraits of colonial life reflect his Puritan heritage and offer fascinating profiles of individuals who strive for freedom from social conventions.