THE WHITE OLD MAID
By Nathaniel Hawthorne The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows and showed a…
THE WEDDING-KNELL
By Nathaniel Hawthorne There is a certain church, in the city of New York which…
THE VILLAGE UNCLE
AN IMAGINARY RETROSPECT By Nathaniel Hawthorne Come! another log upon the hearth. True, our little…
THE TOLL-GATHERER’S DAY
A SKETCH OF TRANSITORY LIFE By Nathaniel Hawthorne Methinks, for a person whose instinct bids…
THE THREEFOLD DESTINY
A FAËRY LEGEND By Nathaniel Hawthorne I have sometimes produced a singular and not unpleasing…
THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES
Nathaniel Hawthorne Tanglewood Fireside Introductory to “The Three Golden Apples” The snow-storm lasted another day;…
THE SISTER-YEARS
By Nathaniel Hawthorne Last night, between eleven and twelve o’clock, when the Old Year was…
THE SHAKER BRIDAL
By Nathaniel Hawthorne One day, in the sick-chamber of Father Ephraim, who had been forty…
THE SEVEN VAGABONDS
By Nathaniel Hawthorne Rambling on foot in the spring of my life and the summer…
THE PYGMIES
By Nathaniel Hawthorn A great while ago, when the world was full of wonders, there…