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Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

5 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dover Publications, 1992

A potent sampling of Hawthorne's tales
"Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories" brings together 7 tales by the great United States author Nathaniel Hawthorne. These stories date from the 1830s and 1840s, and reveal Hawthorne, well-known today as a novelist, to be a talented practitioner of the short story genre. These are stories of weird science, romantic and professional obsession, thwarted love, witchcraft, guilt, and the ...

The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)

1 review
Nathaniel Hawthorne

W. W. Norton, 2004

Scarlet Letter
This eddition of the book is not about the excellence of the story- but, rather a consise review of Hawthorne's writing of several of his works. It is excellent for the student of the author

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

8 reviews

MobileReference, 2008

A true classic for me
I was always skeptical when teachers used the term "classic" when referring to a book. It always seemed to me to be a term to describe books I had to read that were going to suck. The Scarlet Letter was a happy exception; one that actually has meaning today as it did when written. I really enjoy historical fiction. Hawthorne easily puts a reader into the time period by laying out the facts of ...

The House of the Seven Gables (Norton Critical Edition)

6 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

W. W. Norton, 2005

Nathaniel Hawthorne Meets Charles Dickens.
If you are not familiar with Nathaniel Hawthorne, it may help you to read chapter 13 first. The events in chapter 13 take place before anything else in the story. That said, this book is phenomenal. It would almost appear that Nathaniel Hawthorne was taking lessons from Charles Dickens at this time. Amongst other things, Hawthorne explores the theme that greed leads to one's downfall. (One of ...

The Scarlet Letter (The World's Best Reading)

405 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Reader's Digest Association, 1984

A wonderful piece of literature, however
I completely agree with most HS students that this book should be optional reading for them because HS teachers should very well know that there are many different minds that need very different kinds of reading material and exposure to variety is not always a good thing that's why you end up having reviews of books like this by some HS students who puke on it rather then have savored it like I ...

Great American Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, ...

Dover Publications, 2002

Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation includes: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, plus stories by Hawthorne, Twain, Cather, and others.

The Blithedale Romance (Dodo Press)

17 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dodo Press, 2005

Hawthorne's Sleeper
Lacking perhaps the ambitious design of other Hawthorne novels, Blithdale makes up for it in first-person freshness. It's witty and straight, take it as you will. And yes, somewhat wickedly tongue in cheek in its engagement with a 19th century American experiment in utopia on earth. Some reviews on this site are a sad testament to what a new generation has been subjected to by way of ...

The Scarlet Letter (Modern Library Classics)

18 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Modern Library, 2000

The first masterpiece of American literature
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," might well be Nathaniel Hawthorne's theme in The Scarlet Letter. Certainly, by all community standards Hester Prynne's adultery is a sin. Worse yet Arthur Dimmesdale has triply sinned since he has had carnal knowledge of a member of his flock, and through a deep and abiding cowardice has failed to acknowledge his sin; and what is even worse ...

The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics)

3 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

Good Book, Perfect Match
This book was well written by its author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is considered one of the classics, hence the reason that we read it in AP Lang. But I was most impressed with the price, quality, and speediness of the delivery and book. I was also very happy to see that it was the same version that my whole class had, despite that version's absence from numerous bookstores in my area. Thank ...

The House of the Seven Gables

68 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Naxos Audiobooks Ltd., 1996

More fun than I thought it would be
Purchased in anticipation of a trip to Salem, MA to visit the actual House of the Seven Gables, I have to admit that I enjoyed this book far more than I thought I was going to. Written in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is at once both a period romance and history of the Pyncheon family, focusing on a several week period of the lives of the current owner, Hepzibah Pyncheon, her brother ...

The Scarlet Letter (The Franklin Library)
Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Franklin Library, 1979

"The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is one of the few American world classics written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. Set in Puritan New England in the 17th century, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery, refuses to name the father, and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout, Hawthorne explores the issues of grace, ...

The House of the Seven Gables (Enriched Classics)
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Pocket, 2007

Enduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship The story of the Pyncheon family, residents of an evil house cursed by the victim of their ancestor's witch hunt and haunted by the ghosts of many generations. This Enriched Classic Edition Includes: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that ...

The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic

1 review
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Kaplan Publishing, 2006

A great classic-- but will a 17-year-old enjoy it?
I am an SAT tutor and believe that this is one of the most valuable books of its type a student preparing for the test can read. Unfortunately, in my experience, students also find this one of the least enjoyable books. Why is it valuable? There are 2 major areas that a student must master to improve scores on the SAT Critical Reading section: (1) Vocabulary. (2) Understanding of complex ...

The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)

2 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003

Scarlet Letter
A Critique of "The Scarlet Letter" In "The Scarlet Letter," Nathaniel Hawthorne addresses the subjects of sin and the punishment for the sin. In the story Hester Prynne had to deal with her sin of adultery. Hawthorne described how things were in that day and time. More than likely Hester would have been killed for her sin, but she was not because of the child. The era of time that Hester ...

Library of American Literature

2 reviews, ...

Plain Label Books, 2007

No Table of Contents -- Useless
This collection might be very useful if it had a table of contents. As it doesn't, there is no way to find the individual books without either paging through or using the Kindle's search function. My advice: don't buy it.

Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne

4 reviews

MobileReference, 2008

At 79 y/o and remember this book vividly from childhood.
A wonderful collection of tales for children, however, the edition available from amazon does not have the wonderful illustrations which did so much to enhance the stories. Try to get the old version.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales (Norton Critical Editions)

2 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

W. W. Norton, 1987

the master of allegory
This is very well edited and prepared collection of Hawthorne's tales. It has everything what a critical edition needs. But the real value of this book are, of course, Hawthorne's tales themselves. For a long time Hawthorne was almost forgotten author, forgotten for common readers I mean, and he was only a name from literary history. But he did not deserve that. His place is among his readers. ...

Twice-Told Tales (World's Best Reading)

6 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Reader's Digest Association, 1989

The best of Twice Told Tales
This Modern Library edition of Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales is one of the better I've seen in a long while. (A reveiewer below has mistakenly reviewed a Reader's Digest edition of the stories in this space. There are no illustrations in this book, and contrary to that reveiwer's estimation, the selection of stories here is very wise indeed.) Any good collection of Hawhtorne's stories should ...

The Marble Faun, or The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne

16 reviews

MobileReference, 2008

A Novel of Conscience
This penetrating and provocative novel has the power to create a trance-like state in the reader's mind. Much of the dream quality of the scenes is the result of the setting in historic Rome, the art focused characters, and, especially, the author's poetic genius. Like "The Scarlet Letter" and other Nathaniel Hawthorne works, this story centers upon morality and the value of experience in a ...

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne (A Borders Classic)
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Borders Classics, 2004

Hardcover Borders Classic. ISBN 158726093X. Nathaniel Hawthorne classic literature.

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