Fairy tales have traditionally been considered a European import. Though undoubtedly influenced...

Immerse yourself in the short works of Twain, Hawthorne, Poe, and many others with this extensive...

An anthology masterpiece that includes five of the greatest stories of American classic horror.

The Great Stone Face and Other Tales presents 4 haunting, unforgettable pieces, all set in the White...

The House of the Seven Gables is a fixture in Salem - and seemingly fixed in time. As the ancestral home...

To inherit a great fortune. To inherit a great misfortune. These words, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's notebook, neatly encapsulate the theme of The House of the Seven Gables...

The House of the Seven Gables is Hawthorne's most humorous novel, it is also the work in which he is most serious in his devotion to the powers of beauty and imagination and his hatred of economic materialism and Philistinism.

The House of the Seven Gables was Hawthorne's follow-up to The Scarlet Letter. The book tells the story of an evil house, cursed by a man who was hanged centuries before for witchcraft. The house is haunted by the ghosts of its past, and wrapped in the fear of the living.

For anyone with an abiding interest in classic literature, we present this series of concise summaries of some of the most time-worn classics.

On July 28, 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife left their house in Western Massachusetts to visit relatives. Hawthorne and his 5year-old son Julian stayed behind....

This powerful story of passion, adultery, honor, and repression caused a tremendous controversy...

Written in the winter of 1849, The Scarlet Letter unfolds the story of Hester Prynne...

A young Puritan woman gives birth to an illegitimate child in 17th-century New England and she must endure public condemnation and the burden of a terrible secret.

Hailed by Henry James as, "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country", Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a masterful portrayal of humanity's continuing struggle with sin, guilt and pride.

Convicted and imprisoned because she is unwilling to name her partner in adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on the breast of her gown for the rest of her life.

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of the 17th century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman...

Nathaniel Hawthorne has taken some of the most striking and exciting Greek legends and adapted them...

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote two volumes of stories for children. Eustace Bright again makes his appearance and has with him a bundle of new tales that were told to the same young listeners who had first heard the stories from the Wonder Book.

Nathaniel Hawthorne masterfully grabs the imagination of children with these timeless tales of adventure based on the incomparable Greek mythological heroes' escapades.