Twice-Told Tales (Hardcover) by Nathaniel Hawthorne

from AliceAnna

Many of the stories are very heavy-handed in their messaging, but they are an interesting collection of early Americana. Much of the work has a supernatural bent which surprised me. I liked a few of the stories, but many came across as preachy or moralistic. The ones I liked best exposed hypocris...

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Hawthorne is known for his cataloging the Puritan history and culture of New England in fictionalized format. This volume of short stories does exactly that. Hawthorne writes tales about conscience and rebellion against the King of England, about the follies of financial success and the shortcomi...

from MrsLee

I liked this very much. I'm ging to quote a reviewer, William Wadsworth Longfellow, because he captured my ideas and feelings about this book perfectly. "Prose Written by a Poet, In the stream of thought, which flows so deep and clear through the pages of this book, we see the bright reflection o...

from MrsLee

I liked this very much. I'm ging to quote a reviewer, William Wadsworth Longfellow, because he captured my ideas and feelings about this book perfectly. "Prose Written by a Poet, In the stream of thought, which flows so deep and clear through the pages of this book, we see the bright reflection o...