Hawthorne Nathaniel: 696 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: In 1828, three years after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hawthorne published his first romance, "Fanshawe." made little or no impression on the public. The motto on the title-page of the original...

Perfettamente costruito, quasi una tragedia classica, La lettera scarlatta ruota intorno alla piazza della gogna, nella Boston puritana del XVIII secolo. Su quel palco è costretta a salire Hester Prynne, la bella adultera condannata a portare sempre, ricamata sul petto, una grande «A» rossa che...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos. La letra escarlata está considerada la mejor novela norteamericana del siglo XIX. Ambientada en la Nueva Inglaterra de los puritanos del siglo XVII, La letra escarlata (1849) narra el terrible impacto que un simple acto de pasión desencadena en las...

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. 

♦ Este ebook tiene un diseño estético optimizado para la lectura digital ♦ Pasión, emoción desenfrenada y amor prohibido en la puritana Nueva Inglaterra... La Letra Escarata es una novela de Nathaniel Hawthorn y considerada su obra cumbre.Se trata de la historia de Hester Prynne,...

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...

"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...

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.

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...

Die Handlung des Romans spielt in einer strenggläubigen Siedlung in Neuengland zu Zeiten des amerikanischen Puritanismus, also gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts. Hawthorne erzählt die Geschichte der Ehebrecherin Hester Prynne, die trotz öffentlicher Anprangerung den Vater ihres illegitimen Kindes...

Un clásico literario escrito para jóvenes, de Nathaniel Hawthorned.

This collection of tales is an engaging compendium of Hawthorne's short stories, including many set in and around the writer's native New England. The title story is a charming fable-like tale that takes as its focus a long-famous geological feature in the New Hampshire mountains (the face-like granite protrusion collapsed in 2003).