Nathaniel Hawthorne | |
| Born |
1804
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|---|---|
| Died |
1864 (aged 60)
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| Language | English |
| Genre | American Literature, Dark Romanticism |
| Nationality | American |
| Gender | Male |
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was an American novelist and short-story writer known for his exploration of moral and psychological themes. His works, including “The Scarlet Letter” and “The House of the Seven Gables,” delved into issues of sin, guilt, and the human condition. Hawthorne’s writing is considered a cornerstone of American literature.
Short Stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Rill from the Town-Pump 1829 - Noon by the north clock! Noon by the east! High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which full, scarcely aslope,… ... Read more
An Old Woman’s Tale 1830 - In the house where I was born, there used to be an old woman crouching all day long over the… ... Read more
Benjamin Franklin 1851 - Born 1706. Died 1790. In the year 1716, or about that period, a boy used to be seen in the… ... Read more
Chippings with a Chisel 1829 - Passing a summer several years since at Edgartown, on the island of Martha's Vineyard, I became acquainted with a certain… ... Read more
Circe’s Palace 1829 - Some of you have heard, no doubt, of the wise King Ulysses, and how he went to the siege of… ... Read more
David Swan 1829 - We can be but partially acquainted even with the events which actually influence our course through life, and our final… ... Read more
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment 1829 - That very singular man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet him in his study. There were… ... Read more
Drowne’s Wooden Image 1829 - One sunshiny morning, in the good old times of the town of Boston, a young carver in wood, well known… ... Read more
Edward Fane’s Rosebud 1829 - There is hardly a more difficult exercise of fancy than, while gazing at a figure of melancholy age, to recreate… ... Read more
Egotism; or, The Bosom Serpent 1829 - "Here he comes!" shouted the boys along the street. "Here comes the man with a snake in his bosom!" This… ... Read more
Endicott and the Red Cross 1829 - At noon of on autumnal day, more than two centuries ago, the English colors were displayed by the standard-bearer of… ... Read more
Ethan Brand 1850 - BARTRAM the lime-burner, a rough, heavy-looking man, begrimed with charcoal, sat watching his kiln, at nightfall, while his little son… ... Read more
Fancy’s Show-Box 1829 - A MORALITY. What is guilt? A stain upon the soul. And it is a point of vast interest whether the… ... Read more
Feathertop 1829 - A MORALIZED LEGEND "Dickon," cried Mother Rigby, "a coal for my pipe!" The pipe was in the old dame's mouth… ... Read more
Fire Worship 1829 - It is a great revolution in social and domestic life, and no less so in the life of a secluded… ... Read more
Footprints on the Seashore 1829 - It must be a spirit much unlike my own which can keep itself in health and vigor without sometimes stealing… ... Read more
Graves and Goblins 1876 - Now talk we of graves and goblins! Fit themes,start not! gentle reader,fit for a ghost like me. Yes; though an… ... Read more
How Theseus Slays the Minotaur 1829 - In the old city of Trzene, at the foot of a lofty mountain, there lived, a very long time ago,… ... Read more
John Inglefield’s Thanksgiving 1840 - ON THE evening of Thanksgiving Day, John Inglefield, the blacksmith, sat in his elbow-chair among those who had been keeping… ... Read more
Legends of the Province House: I. Howe’s Masquerade 1829 - One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow… ... Read more
Legends of the Province House: II. Edward Randolph’s Portrait 1829 - The old legendary guest of the Province House abode in my remembrance from midsummer till January. One idle evening last… ... Read more
Legends of the Province House: III. Lady Eleanore’s Mantle 1829 - Mine excellent friend, the landlord of the Province House, was pleased, the other evening, to invite Mr. Tiffany and myself… ... Read more
Legends of the Province House: IV. Old Esther Dudley 1829 - Our host having resumed the chair, he, as well as Mr. Tiffany and myself; expressed much eagerness to be made… ... Read more
Little Annie’s Ramble 1829 - Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong! The town-crier has rung his bell at a distant corner, and little Annie stands on her father's… ... Read more
Monsieur du Miroir 1829 - ... Read more
Mosses from an Old Manse 1842 - Between two tall gate-posts of rough-hewn stone (the gate itself having fallen from its hinges at some unknown epoch) we… ... Read more
Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe 1829 - A young fellow, a tobacco pedlar by trade, was on his way from Morristown, where he had dealt largely with… ... Read more
Mrs. Bullfrog 1829 - It makes me melancholy to see how like fools some very sensible people act in the matter of choosing wives.… ... Read more
My Kinsman, Major Molineux 1831 - AFTER the kings of Great Britain had assumed the right of appointing the colonial governors, the measures of the latter… ... Read more
Night-Sketches 1829 - BENEATH AN UMBRELLA. Pleasant is a rainy winter's day within-doors. The best study for such a dayor the best amusement:… ... Read more
Oliver Cromwell 1851 - Born 1599. Died 1658. Not long after King James the First took the place of Queen Elizabeth on the throne… ... Read more
Passages from a Relinquished Work 1829 - AT HOME From infancy I was under the guardianship of a village parson, who made me the subject of daily… ... Read more
Pegasus, The Winged Horse 1829 - Once, in the old, old times a fountain gushed out of a hill-side, in the marvellous land of Greece. And,… ... Read more
Peter Goldthwaite’s Treasure 1829 - "And so, Peter, you won't even consider of the business?" said Mr. John Brown, buttoning his surtout over the snug… ... Read more
Rappaccini’s Daughter 1829 - We do not remember to have seen any translated specimens of the productions of M. de l'Aubepine--a fact the less… ... Read more
Roger Malvin’s Burial 1829 - ... Read more
Sights from a Steeple 1829 - So! I have climbed high, and my reward is small. Here I stand with wearied kneesearth, indeed, at a dizzy… ... Read more
Sir Isaac Newton 1851 - Born 1642. Died 1727. On Christmas-day, in the year 1642, Isaac Newton was born, at the small village of Woolsthorpe,… ... Read more
Sketches from Memory 1829 - I. THE INLAND PORT. It was a bright forenoon, when I set foot on the beach at Burlington, and took… ... Read more
Snowflakes 1829 - There is snow in yonder cold gray sky of the morning, and through the partially-frosted window-panes I love to watch… ... Read more
Sunday At Home 1829 - Every Sabbath morning in the summer-time I thrust back the curtain to watch the sunrise stealing down a steeple which… ... Read more
The Ambitious Guest 1829 - ONE SEPTEMBER NIGHT a family had gathered round their hearth, and piled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams,… ... Read more
The Antique Ring 1876 - Yes, indeed: the gem is as bright as a star, and curiously set, said Clara Pembertou, examining an antique ring,… ... Read more
The Artist of the Beautiful 1846 - An elderly man, with his pretty daughter on his arm, was passing along the street, and emerged from the gloom… ... Read more
The Birthmark 1843 - In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch… ... Read more
The Boston Massacre 1851 - It was now the 3rd of March, 1770. The sunset music of the British regiments was heard, as usual, throughout… ... Read more
The Canterbury Pilgrims 1829 - The summer moon, which shines in so many a tale, was beaming over a broad extent of uneven country. Some… ... Read more
The Celestial Railroad 1829 - Not a great while ago, passing through the gate of dreams, I visited that region of the earth in which… ... Read more
The Chimaera 1851 - INTRODUCTION TO THE CHIMAERA UPWARD, along the steep and wooded hill-side, went Eustace Bright and his companions. The trees were… ... Read more
The Christmas Banquet 1846 - "I have here attempted," said Roderick, unfolding a few sheets of manuscript, as he sat with Rosina and the sculptor… ... Read more
The Devil in Manuscript 1829 - On a bitter evening of December, I arrived by mail in a large town, which was then the residence of… ... Read more
The Dragon’s Teeth 1829 - Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix, the three sons of King Agenor, and their little sister Europa (who was a very beautiful… ... Read more
The Gentle Boy 1829 - In the course of the year 1656, several of the people called Quakers, led, as they professed, by the inward… ... Read more
The Ghost of Dr. Harris 1900 - A new fragment by the great American novelist When Hawthorne was American consul at Liverpool, he was often a guest… ... Read more
The Golden Fleece 1829 - When Jason, the son of the dethroned King of Iolchos, was a little boy, he was sent away from his… ... Read more
The Golden Touch 1851 - INTRODUCTION TO THE GOLDEN TOUCH AT noon, our juvenile party assembled in a dell, through the depths of which ran… ... Read more
The Gorgon’s Head 1851 - INTRODUCTION TO "THE GORGON'S HEAD"Beneath the porch of the country-seat called Tanglewood, one fine autumnal morning, was assembled a merry… ... Read more
The Gray Champion 1829 - There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones… ... Read more
The Great Carbuncle 1829 - At nightfall, once in the olden time, on the rugged side of one of the Crystal Hills, a party of… ... Read more
The Great Stone Face 1850 - One afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their… ... Read more
The Hall of Fantasy 1829 - It has happened to me, on various occasions, to find myself in a certain edifice which would appear to have… ... Read more
The Haunted Mind 1829 - What a singular moment is the first one, when you have hardly begun to recollect yourself, after starting from midnight… ... Read more
The Hollow of the Three Hills 1829 - In those strange old times, when fantastic dreams and madmen's reveries were realized among the actual circumstances of life, two… ... Read more
The Intelligence Office 1829 - Grave figure, with a pair of mysterious spectacles on his nose and a pen behind his ear, was seated at… ... Read more
The Lilly’s Quest 1829 - AN APOLOGUE. Two lovers once upon a time had planned a little summer-house in the form of an antique temple… ... Read more
The Maypole of Merry Mount 1832 - There is an admirable foundation for a philosophic romance in the curious history of the early settlement of Mount Wollaston,… ... Read more
The Minister’s Black Veil 1832 - THE SEXTON stood in the porch of Milford meetinghouse, pulling busily at the bell rope. The old people of the… ... Read more
The Minotaur 1829 - (1853) is an alternate version of Hawthorne's story, . ... Read more
The New Adam and Eve 1829 - We who are born into the world's artificial system can never adequately know how little in our present state and… ... Read more
The Old Apple-Dealer 1829 - The lover of the moral picturesque may sometimes find what he, seeks in a character which is nevertheless of too… ... Read more
The Paradise of Children 1920 - Long, long ago, when this old world was in its tender infancy, there was a child named Epimetheus who never… ... Read more
The Pomegranate Seeds 1829 - Mother Ceres was exceedingly fond of her daughter Proserpina, and seldom let her go alone into the fields. But, just… ... Read more
The Procession of Life 1829 - Life figures itself to me as a festal or funereal procession. All of us have our places, and are to… ... Read more
The Prophetic Pictures 1837 - "But this painter!" cried Walter Ludlow, with animation. "He not only excels in his peculiar art, but possesses vast acquirements… ... Read more
The Pygmies 1829 - A great while ago, when the world was full of wonders, there lived an earth-born Giant, named Antaeus, and a… ... Read more
The Seven Vagabonds 1829 - Rambling on foot in the spring of my life and the summer of the year, I came one afternoon to… ... Read more
The Shaker Bridal 1829 - One day, in the sick chamber of Father Ephraim, who had been forty years the presiding elder over the Shaker… ... Read more
The Sister-Years 1829 - Last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, when the Old Year was leaving her final footprints on the borders of… ... Read more
The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle 1851 - One afternoon of a cold winter's day, when the sun shone forth with chilly brightness, after a long storm, two… ... Read more
The Three Golden Apples 1851 - INTRODUCTION TO THE THREE GOLDEN APPLESTHE snow-storm lasted another day; but what became of it afterwards, I cannot possibly imagine.… ... Read more
The Threefold Destiny 1829 - A FAIRY LEGEND. I have sometimes produced a singular and not unpleasing effect, so far as my own mind was… ... Read more
The Toll-Gatherer’s Day 1829 - A SKETCH OF TRANSITORY LIFE. Methinks, for a person whose instinct bids him rather to pore over the current of… ... Read more
The Village Uncle 1829 - AN IMAGINARY RETROSPECT. Come! another log upon the hearth. True, our little parlor is comfortable, especially here where the old… ... Read more
The Vision of the Fountain 1829 - At fifteen I became a resident in a country village more than a hundred miles from home. The morning after… ... Read more
The Wayside. Introductory. 1829 - A short time ago, I was favored with a flying visit from my young friend Eustace Bright, whom I had… ... Read more
The Wedding Knell 1829 - There is a certain church in the city of New York which I have always regarded with peculiar interest, on… ... Read more
The Wedding-Knell 1836 - There is a certain church in the city of New York which I have always regarded with peculiar interest, on… ... Read more
The White Old Maid 1829 - The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows and showed a spacious chamber richly furnished in an antique fashion.… ... Read more
The Wives of the Dead 1829 - The following story, the simple and domestic incidents of which may be deemed scarcely worth relating, after such a lapse… ... Read more
Wakefield 1829 - In some old magazine or newspaper I recollect a story, told as truth, of a man--let us call him Wakefield--who… ... Read more
Young Goodman Brown 1846 - Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but put his head back, after crossing… ... Read more
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