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Twice-Told Tales

Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
356 pages
ISBN
9781909904248
Published
15 September 2013
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • tragedy
  • dark
  • sin
  • guilt
  • legalism
  • puritan
  • Puritanism
  • romanticism
  • romantic

Description

"Twice-Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of short stories that displays the author's unique style and versatility as a writer. The tales are set in New England during the colonial and early national periods, and feature Hawthorne's characteristic themes of sin, guilt, and redemption. The title "Twice-Told Tales" refers to the idea that each story is not just being told once, but rather has a history, a past life, and a deeper meaning that is revealed through the telling. In these stories, Hawthorne explores the dark corners of the human soul, and exposes the moral ambiguities that lie at the heart of human experience.

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) is one of the founding masters of American literature — a novelist and short-story writer who made New England's Puritan past into a living moral drama. The Scarlet Letter remains his masterpiece: a study of guilt, secrecy, and public shame that still feels unsettlingly modern.

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