Nathaniel Hawthorne: 696 books

I loved to watch the gradual beginning of the storm through the frosted window. The snowdrops were not the big flakes, heavy with moisture, which melt as they touch the ground. These little snow-particles, which the storm-spirit flings by handfuls through the air, will bury the great earth under their...

   Table of contents A Cosmopolite in a Cafe At Sea Aunt Kipp Little Bun Rabbit    The Ambitious Guest   The Story Of The Bad Little Boy Vanka   The Body Snatcher   The Mark On The Wall   The Affair at Coulter's Notch   A Cosmopolite in a Cafe by O. Henry     At midnight the cafe was crowded....

BEST STORIES BEST AUTHORS - 10 A Defenseless Creature Andy Lovell Girl The Enchanted Bluff The Eyes of the Panther Roger Malvin's Burial The War Prayer The Dragon's Teeth The Clarion Call The Happy Prince A Defenseless Creature by Anton Chekhov       IN spite of a violent attack of...

Table of contents A Double-Dyed Deceiver Legend of Mont St. Michel Little Miss Muffet Louisa May Alcott: A Child's Biography   The Antique Ring   The Five Boons of Life The Masque of the Red Death   The Author Anton Chekhov A Daughter Of Albion   A Burglar's Christmas   A Baffled Ambuscade   A...

The 50 greatest 19th Century American short stories were determined by a new ground-breaking ranking system. Each story was awarded points for every appearance in an important literary anthology, database, or website. Rather than one person's opinion, the stories in this collection are the result...

Contents The snow image: a childish miracle -- The great stone face -- Ethan Brand -- The Canterbury pilgrims -- The devil in manuscript -- My kinsman, Major Molineux.

Table of contents A Baby Tramp   A Chaparral Christmas Gift   How Theseus Slays the Minotaur   A Chameleon   A Child's Dream of a Star A Country Christmas A December Day in Dixie   A Descent Into the Maelstrom   A Duel A Haunted House   A Baby Tramp by Ambrose Bierce If you had seen little...

CONTENTS     Dr. Heidegger's Experiment            The Birthmark                        Ethan Brand                     ...

It is 1642 in Boston. Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by members of the Puritan town. Holding her illegitimate child to her breast, and bearing a bright scarlet letter “A” embroidered on her bodice, Hester must now struggle to create a new life...

Classic / American English The House of the Seven Gables is the home of an important family: the Pyncheons. They have the house and a lot of land, but no money and many problems. Is there a curse on the family? This is a story about money, murder, and love.

Classic / American English Boston in the 1600s is a small town, but a large crowd waits for Hester Prynne outside the prison. She carries a baby in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” is on her dress. “A” is for adulteress. Who is the father of her baby? Nobody knows and Hester will not say.