Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Mosses from an Old Manse" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story collection published in 1846. Named after the house where Hawthorne spent the first years of his marriage, this collection features allegorical tales that explore the darker aspects of human nature. Critics noted the work's pervading "blackness of darkness" beneath its bright surface, with only brief moments of light breaking through. The stories probe moral and psychological depths through Hawthorne's characteristic
symbolic style, creating what contemporaries considered superior to his earlier work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mosses from an old manse |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosses_from_an_Old_Manse |
| Contents | The old manse -- The birthmark -- A select party -- Young Goodman Brown -- Rappaccini's daughter -- Mrs. Bullfrog -- Fire worship -- Buds and bird voices -- Monsieur du Miroir -- The hall of fantasy -- The celestial railroad -- The procession of life -- Feathertop: a moralized legend -- The new Adam and Eve -- Egotism; or, The bosom serpent -- The Christmas banquet -- Drowne's wooden image -- The intelligence office -- Roger Malvin's burial -- P.'s correspondence -- Earth's holocaust -- Passages from a relinquished work -- Sketches from memory -- The old apple dealer -- The artist of the beautiful -- A virtuoso's collection. |
| Credits | Charles Keller |
| Credits | Charles Keller |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories, American |
| Subject | New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 512 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00512-6 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Nov 9, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 7426 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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