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Gray Rabbit Publishing Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Complete in One VolumeTo this little book we would say Live ever sweet sweet book. It comes from the hand of a man of genius [Hawthornes writing] is characterized by a large proportion of feminine elements depth and tenderness of feeling exceeding purity of mind. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHawthornes writings are a pure and living stream of manly thought and feeling which characterizes always the true man the Christian the republican and the patriot. Orestes Brownson The Boston Quarterly ReviewHawthornes short stories rivet the attention [of the reader]. The style of Hawthorne is purity itself. His tone is singularly effectivewild plaintive thoughtful and in full accordance with his themes We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth. Edgar Allan Poe The Broadway JournalThe most influential book of 1837. The Grolier ClubNathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was a novelist and short story writer. Best known for The Scarlet Letter (1850) The House of the Seven Gables (1851) The Blithedale Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860) as well as the political biography of his friend Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) his first writings were short stories published in a number of magazines and annuals. In the 1830s he served as the editor of the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge and then accepted a political appointment at the Boston Custom House. TwiceTold Tales was sponsored by Hawthornes friend Horation Bridge (a lawyer at the time he later joined the Navy and rose to the rank of commodore). It sold moderately well when it was published and then saw a resurgence after the publication of The Scarlet Letter.show more