Twice-Told Tales is Nathaniel Hawthorne's collection of short stories, blending New England history, Puritan legacy, allegory, and the supernatural. These moral and psychological tales explore guilt, pride, and conscience, and are worth hearing for their atmospheric prose and quiet insight.
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TWICE-TOLD TALES by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE PHILADELPHIA: DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER, 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET 1889 CONTENTS THE GRAY CHAMPION SUNDAY AT HOME THE WEDDING-KNELL THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT THE GENTLE BOY MR. HIGGINBOTHAM’S CATASTROPHE LITTLE ANNIE’S RAMBLE WAKEFIELD A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP
THE GREAT CARBUNCLE THE PROPHETIC PICTURES DAVID SWAN SIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS THE TOLL-GATHERER’S DAY THE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN FANCY’S SHOW-BOX DR. HEIDEGGER’S EXPERIMENT LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE: I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE II. EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT III. LADY ELEANORE’S MANTLE IV. OLD ESTHER DUDLEY THE HAUNTED MIND THE VILLAGE UNCLE THE AMBITIOUS GUEST THE SISTER-YEARS SNOWFLAKES THE SEVEN VAGABONDS THE WHITE OLD MAID PETER GOLDTHWAITE’S TREASURE CHIPPINGS WITH A CHISEL THE SHAKER BRIDAL NIGHT-SKETCHES ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS THE LILY’S QUEST FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEASHORE EDWARD FANE’S ROSEBUD THE THREEFOLD DESTINY
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