Hawthorne: 941 books

Noto anche con il titolo 'L'elisir di lunga vita' questo romanzo di Hawthorne, pubblicato postumo nel 1872, ha come tema centrale l'affanosa consapevolezza umana della brevità della vita. A questo problema prova a trovare soluzione Settimio Felton, un giovane prossimo a divenire ministro di culto...

HOWL: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION contains three short stories of man-on-werewolf action--HOWL, MOONLESS, and BLUE MOON. Valendil is a lithe and pretty elf with a crazy naughty dream: to be penetrated by the massive member of a transformed werewolf. But when he finally tracks down a potential partner...

Gathered here are master storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne’s delightful retellings for children of six Greek myths, including The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Three Golden Apples, The Chimaera, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Paradise of Children. These stories within a larger story—that of a college student telling the myths to a group of children—will delight young and old.

"The wrongdoing of one generation lives into the successive ones and... becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief." Hawthorne's moral for "The House of the Seven Gables," taken from the Preface, accurately presages his story. The full weight of the gloomy mansion of the title seems to sit on the...

Olivia of Fort Eldford is a maid. It's all she's ever been, and it's all she ever expects to be. But Fort Eldford has been falling into disrepair for years now, with fewer and fewer guards and soldiers left to protect it from the bandits and beasts that roam the kingdom of Trevaria. So when...

Emperor Augustus of Lumina lies dead, and yet as his final political act, he named Shi’ahn, still despised by most, as the Guardian of Croi’solas, the Emperor’s crystal of power. Will she be banished, or yet again imprisoned, before she can prove her worth and loyalty? The Emperor had...

April finds herself in a pickle when she washes ashore on the estate of the elusive Bigfoot. She's had it with men who treat her like dirt, but maybe this beast will turn out to be a wealthy prince charming in disguise.

Ashley's life is neatly ordered, completely managed, and paying off. She is competing at the highest level of her industry. But, when she goes in search of a one night stand in Nashville, she gets more than she bargained for. Will Ashley be able to let go of control long enough to save her career and connect with an intriguing new woman?

Hawthorne's son Julian edited and published his father's last, unfinished novel—“undress rehearsals"—in 1882. A story involving the narrator, an archetypal mad scientist, a lovely young woman, and a sexy maid creates a real science-fiction type romance. A New England setting and a Gothic theme give the novel a feeling of completeness, despite its lack of a true end.

Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Short story written by famous American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, one of the most important works by Nathaniel Hawthorne now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

In "The Dolliver Romance," only three chapters of which the author lived to complete, we get an intimation as to what would have been the ultimate form given to that romance founded on the Elixir of Life, for which "Septimius Felton" was the preliminary study. Having abandoned...

Dieses E-Book ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig Korrektur gelesen. Nathaniel Hawthorne (* 4. Juli 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts; † 19. Mai 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller der Romantik. Mit seinen...