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- In two of his best-known pieces of children’s literature, A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls and Tanglewood Tales, Hawthorne revolutionized children’s literature by integrating tales from Greek mythology into stories palatable for children.
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Apr 22, 2021 · Below, we introduce ten of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s best novels and stories, all of which are well worth reading. 1. ‘ Young Goodman Brown ’. This 1835 story is one of Hawthorne’s earliest mature works, and is arguably his best-known and most acclaimed short story, inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne – Interesting Literature
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1835 short story ‘Young Goodman Brown’...
- Nathaniel Hawthorne – Interesting Literature
Apr 30, 2024 · A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne are different sorts of books that bring the introductory stories of the Greek myths to children. Hawthorne’s versions tend to be complete except where he made changes appropriate to his audience.
- Young Goodman Brown
- The Minister’s Black Veil
- The Birth-Mark
- The Artist of The Beautiful
- The Celestial Railroad
- Dr. Heidegger’s Experiments
- The Great Stone Face
- The Ambitious Guest
- Roger Malvin’s Burial
Based on the narrative of the Mew England puritan society, ‘Young Goodman Brown’ is a short story published by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835 – during the latter years of his isolation periods. The book is set in 1600s Salem village and follows the gripping adventure of Goodman into the dark one faithful night and the strange revelations that ensue. G...
A year after ‘Young Goodman Brown,’ Hawthorne published ‘The Minister’s Black Veil,’ which is a short story built on his signature dark romanticism and gothic fiction. Just like the novel ‘The Scarlet Letter,’ this much more concise book is packed with allegories and symbolism and explores several daring themes, such as the themes of guilt and secr...
Published in 1843, ‘The Birth-Mark’ follows an emotional tale of the search for perfection by an acclaimed scientist, Aylmer, for his near-perfect beautiful wife – whose only blemish is a birth-mark spot on her cheek. After a strange dream about the birthmark, Aylmer dedicates his whole endeavor and life’s work to the search for a cure for his wife...
This is another emotionally appealing short story by author Nathaniel Hawthorne, written and circulated in 1844. The book combines the themes of love and craft and narrates the story of Owen Warland, a talented goldsmith, who is looked down on by society, and worse, Hovenden, the father of Ann, the woman of his dream. Warland is faced with the herc...
‘The Celestial Railroad’ is another popular short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that is filled with biblical symbolism and allusions. The book was singly circulated in 1843 but then republished as part of the ‘Mosses from an Old Manse’ collection of 1846. The story follows a critical parody of ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by John Bunyan and follows the ...
Yet another fascinating short story created in the great mind of Nathaniel Hawthorne and written off his pen and published in 1837 – and later reprinted as a part of the authors ‘Twice-Told Tales’ collection. The story appears to be a critical assessment of humanity’s susceptibility to repeated flaws – even after having a devastating previous event...
Yet another of Hawthorne’s short stories is packed with helpful moral lessons, and perhaps the most pronounced of the lessons is on the need for the individual to imbibe humility, and how such virtue breeds nobility. Published in 1850 by Ticknor, Reed & Fields, the book follows the myth of a legendary rock called ‘The Great Stone Face’ and Ernest’s...
Based on a true life account, Nathaniel Hawthorne published ‘The Ambitious Guest’ in the year 1835 – and later included in ‘Twice-Told Tales’ of 1841. The story follows a sad tale of a traveler who camps in a notch on a mountainside with a family as they make small conversations about their dreams and goals in life. The notch mountainside proves ri...
‘Roger Melvin’s Burial’ is a fiction written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the short stories category and published singly in 1832 – and later in ‘Mosses from an Old Manse,’ 1846. It follows the thrilling story of two war survivors, Reuben Bourne and Roger Malvin, who are brutally injured and making their way home. They’re in the forest, and it appears...
Aug 3, 2016 · On one side of the teacher’s desk, and rooted almost at the computer keyboard, was a Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories lesson plan, covered, in this month of September, with common core objectives, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the teacher as he taught.
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales.
Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, collection of children’s stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1853. The book comprises six Greek myths that Hawthorne bowdlerized. Written as a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851), Tanglewood Tales is more serious than its lighthearted.
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Apr 28, 2015 · In this famous Greek myth, Pandora is attracted to opening a box that she shouldn't. Read bedtime stories and short stories for kids for free online here.
