Hawthorne: 941 books

Part One in a two-part special series from The Dark Woods. Part Two, Cindermaid, is also available.Homely, awkward farmboy Jode Lintwich has always longed for adventure and greatness: two things which can't be had in his humble village and which don't happen often to anyone like himself....

Arthur Hawthorne sees it in his dreams: The corpse queen on her throne; black briars and blood-red roses entwined with human bones in a tower of ruins. Visions of death and suffering that only madness could contrive.And surely Arthur is mad. What else could explain the dark imaginings of an...

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed themes including threesome, BDSM, wife swapping, rent boy and foot fetish. How We Are Together by David Hawthorne He’s 43, she’s 22 – she says she loves him because he’s mature and does things to her younger men don’t do. He loves...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “John Inglefield’s Thanksgiving”, describes the Thanksgiving dinner of a New England blacksmith and his family. Two chairs sit empty, one for John Inglefield’s recently deceased wife, and another for daughter Prudence. Prudence’s sudden and...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. In Hawthorne’s masterpiece, four protagonists find themselves in the corrupted setting of Italy—a place where their faith, love, and innocence are challenged. A Puritan American, Hilda, is admired by Kenyon, an...

This collection of previously published short stories (hence the title) appeared in two volumes, in 1837 and 1842.  Edgar Allan Poe, reviewing the collection, praised Hawthorne's style, which he termed "purity itself," and called the author "one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country...

Published in 1852, this satirical novel, set in a communal farm called Blithedale, and based on Hawthorne's experiences at Brook Farm, explores the tragic friendship between four characters:  Miles Coverdale, the narrator; Zenobia, a feminist; Hollingsworth, a misogynistic egomaniac; and Priscilla, an innocent young seamstress. 

Collection of short stories, including The Snow Image, The Great Stone Face, Ethan Brand, The Canterbury Pilgrims, The Devil in Manuscript, and My Kinsman, Major Molineux. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer."

Two weeks ago, Valendil was tracked down and dominated by the werewolf he'd had sex with on the night of the full moon. Now, the moon is rising high in the sky again, and his beast of a lover will soon transform once more. Valendil doesn't know what his lover has planned for him on this most...

One of 19th-century America's greatest authors recounts timeless tales from Greek mythology in this delightful partner to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. Nathaniel Hawthorne's evocative interpretations of traditional stories about heroes, sorceresses, kings, and other legendary characters provide...

This wonderful collection of hand-picked Thanksgiving classics will make you fall in love with our sweet little stories and will become a part of your Thanksgiving story-telling traditions: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) The First Thanksgiving (Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball)...

Les seize histoires réunies dans Contes étranges ont été rédigées au cours des vingt années qui précédèrent la publication du chef-d’œuvre de Nathaniel Hawthorne, La Lettre écarlate (1850). Les choix établis par Edouard-Auguste Spoll mettent en lumière les multiples facettes du talent...

La tradizione orale si perde nella notte dei tempi e ha prodotto i più grandi capolavori nella storia della letteratura mondiale, basti pensare all''Odissea' o all''Iliade'. In quest'opera Nathaniel Hawthorne si ispira a tale tradizione per rielaborare racconti che, in quest'ottica, sono effettivamente...

Il puritanesimo calvinista del natio New England (più precisamente Salem, la città del famigerato processo di stregoneria: tra l’altro, lo scrittore era discendente diretto di uno dei magistrati che giudicò le presunte streghe) costituisce l’humus culturale e la radice più profonda delle tematiche...