The Blithedale RomanceLarge Format for easy reading. Classic Romance from the19th century American novelist and short story writer set in colonial New England.[ download ] fiction
The House of Seven GablesThe sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms. Written shortly after The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables re-addresses the theme of human guilt in a style remarkable in both its descriptive virtuosity and its truly modern mix of fantasy and realism.[ download ] fiction
The Marble FaunThis novel tells the story of Donarells, an Italian Count bearing an uncanny resemblance to the faun of Praxiteles, the sculptor Kenyon and two young art students, Miriam and Hilda. The author also wrote "Scarlet Letter".[ download ] fiction
The Scarlet Letter"The Scarlet Letter" is a timeless tale of passion and revenge, guilt and grace, sin and redemption. It cemented Nathaniel Hawthorne's reputation as America's greatest writer of fiction. This is a beautiful, new, top-quality edition of Hawthorne's masterwork.[ download ] fiction
David Swan[ download ] short stories
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment[ download ] short stories
Drowne's Wooden Image[ download ] short stories
Endicott and the Red Cross[ download ] short stories
Ethan Brand[ download ] short stories
Feathertop: A Moralized Legend[ download ] short stories
Legends of the Province House: I. Howe's Masquerade[ download ] short stories
Legends of the Province House: II. Edward Randolph's Portrait[ download ] short stories
Legends of the Province House: III. Lady Eleanore's Mantle[ download ] short stories
Legends of the Province House: IV. Old Esther Dudley[ download ] short stories
Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe[ download ] short stories
Mrs. Bullfrog[ download ] short stories
My Kinsman, Major Molineux[ download ] short stories
Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure[ download ] short stories
Rappaccini's DaughterNor did he fail again to observe, or imagine, an analogy between the beautiful girl and the gorgeous shrub that hung its gem-like flowers over the fountain; a resemblance which Beatrice seemed to have indulged a fantastic humor in heightening, both by the arrangement of her dress and the selection of its hues.[ download ] short stories
Roger Malvin's Burial[ download ] short stories
The Ambitious Guest[ download ] short stories
The Artist of the Beautiful[ download ] short stories
The Birthmark[ download ] short stories
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The Celestial RailroadThe master storyteller-in short form

Famous for his novels, Hawthorne was first a short story writer. This collection includes his most powerful and penetrating stories, including "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil."[ download ]
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The Devil in Manuscript[ download ] short stories
The Egotism; or Bosom Serpent[ download ] short stories
The Gentle Boy[ download ] short stories
The Gray Champion[ download ] short stories
The Great Carbuncle[ download ] short stories
The Great Stone FaceTHE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire. The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit. There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face: 'The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature]. The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait. At some critical juncture the resemblance is found to be perfect. A prophecy may be connected.'[ download ] short stories
The Hollow of the Three Hills[ download ] short stories
The Maypole of Merry Mount[ download ] short stories
The Minister's Black Veil[ download ] short stories
The Procession of Life[ download ] short stories
The Shaker Bridal[ download ] short stories
The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle[ download ] short stories
The Wedding Knell[ download ] short stories
Wakefield[ download ] short stories
Young Goodman BrownChoice collection of short fiction by one of the masters of the genre. In addition to the title story, this volume includes "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini’s Daughter," "Roger Malvin’s Burial," "The Artist of the Beautiful," "Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment" and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux." Reprinted from standard texts, tales deal with scientific experiment, witchcraft, revenge, the power of guilt, more. Publisher’s Note.
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