Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told tales, originally published in 1837, revised & republished by Hawthorne in 1851, is the most famous collection of Hawthorne's stories. All of Hawthorne's great gifts--& the features that make him not only one of the greatest but one of the most contemporary American authors, are on full display here."Book One" contents include: The Gray Champion / Sunday at Home / The Wedding-Knell / The Minister's Black Veil / The Maypole of MerryMount / The Gentle Boy / Mr. Higgingotham's Catastrophe / Little Annie's Ramble / Wakefield / A Bill from the Town-Pump / The Great Carbuncle / The Prophetic Pictures / David Swan / Sights from a Steeple / The Hollow of the Three Hills / The Toll-Gatherer's Day. "Book Two" contents include: Nathaniel Hawthorne ( 1804 - 1864 ) by Henry James / The Great Stone Face / The Vision of the Fountain / Fancy's Show-Box / Dr. Heidegger's Experiment / Legends of the Province House: I. - Howe's Masquerade, II - Edward Randolph's Portrait, III - Lady Eleanore's Mantle, IV - Old Esther Dudley / The Haunted Mind / The Village Uncle / The Ambitious Guest / The Sister-Years / Snowflakes / The Seven Vagabonds