{"product_id":"twice-told-tales-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781515423348","title":"Twice-Told Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete in One Volume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To this little book, we would say, 'Live ever, sweet, sweet book.' It comes from the hand of a man of genius.... [Hawthorne's writing] is characterized by a large proportion of feminine elements, depth and tenderness of feeling, exceeding purity of mind.\" --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawthorne's writings are \"a pure and living stream of manly thought and feeling, which characterizes always the true man, the Christian, the republican and the patriot.\" --Orestes Brownson, \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawthorne's short stories \"rivet the attention [of the reader]. The style of Hawthorne is purity itself. His tone is singularly effective--wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes.... We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth.\" --Edgar Allan Poe, \u003cem\u003eThe Broadway Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most influential book of 1837. --The Grolier Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a novelist and short story writer. Best known for \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e (1850), \u003cem\u003eThe House of the Seven Gables\u003c\/em\u003e (1851), \u003cem\u003eThe Blithedale Romance\u003c\/em\u003e (1852), and \u003cem\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/em\u003e (1860), as well as the political biography of his friend \u003cem\u003eLife of Franklin Pierce\u003c\/em\u003e (1852), his first writings were short stories published in a number of magazines and annuals. In the 1830s, he served as the editor of the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e, and then accepted a political appointment at the Boston Custom House. \u003cem\u003eTwice-Told Tales\u003c\/em\u003e was sponsored by Hawthorne's friend, Horation Bridge (a lawyer at the time, he later joined the Navy and rose to the rank of commodore). It sold moderately well when it was published, and then saw a resurgence after the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1515423344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781515423348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gr Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439555490047,"sku":"9781515423348","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95f6c68d-14c9-4f2e-9a8c-6de6d8d7f44d.jpg?v=1777178323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twice-told-tales-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781515423348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}