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BEIN Modern Library 426: From the collection of John I. Ely.

BEIN Tanselle Z41 0046: With dust jacket, circa 1954 (based on list of titles printed inside jacket). Bookplate of George Thomas Tanselle.

Spine title: The novels and tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Running title: The works of Hawthorne.

Not a first edition.

A Modern Library Giant.

"Manufactured in the United States of America; Printed by Parkway Printing Company; Bound by H. Wolff"--Title page verso.

Fanshawe: Ellen is memorable as the typical damsel in distress. Fanshawe and Edward Walcott are captivating as the rivals for Ellen's love who put their differences aside to save her. The Angler is captivating as a villain who offers some interesting passages and is not quite a monster. And Hawthorne manages to speed things up with a wild chase and bitter confrontation.

The scarlet letter: In the early days of Puritan Boston Hester Prynne braves the stigma of adultery by wearing the embroidered scarlet "A" on her clothing. Hester resists oppression and unearths new temptations at the margins of society, where the primeval forests hang their evil influence pendulously over the evil flourishing within the community itself.

The house of the seven gables: This novel of crime and retribution reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. It is the story of the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft who lived for generations under a dead man's curse until their house was finally exorcised by love.

Blithedale romance: Based on Hawthorne's own experience of a Utopian socialist community outside Boston, this novel tells of the attempts of a like-minded group to begin reforming a dissipated America. However, rather than dropping bad habits and changing the world, they find themselves pursuing egotistical paths.

Marble faun: The fragility of human life and art dominate this story of American expatriates in Italy in the mid-19th century. Befriended by Donatello, a young Italian with the classical grace of the "Marble Faun", Miriam, Hilda, and Kenyon find their pursuit of art taking a sinister turn.

Novels and tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Works of Hawthorne

NOVELS: Fanshawe

The scarlet letter

The house of the seven gables

The Blithedale romance

The marble fawn

FROM "TWICE-TOLD TALES: The gray champion

The wedding knell

The minister's black veil

The may-pole of Merry Mount

The gentle boy

Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe

Wakefield

The great carbuncle

David Swan

The hollow of the Three Hills

Dr. Heidegger's experiment

Legends of the Province House

The ambitious guest

Peter Goldthwaite's treasure

The Shaker bridal

Endicott and the red cross

FROM "MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE": The birthmark

Young Goodman Brown

Rappaccini's daughter

Mrs. Bullfrog

The celestial railroad

The porcession of life

Feathertop: a moralized legend

Egotism; or, The bosom serpent

Drowne's wooden image

Roger Malvin's burial

The artist of the beautiful

FROM "THE SNOW IMAGE": The snow image: a childish miracle

The great stone face

Ethan Brand

The Canterbury Pilgrims

The devil in manuscript

My kinsman, Major Molineux.

Historical fiction, American > 19th century.

New England > Social life and customs > Fiction.

Fiction

Fiction.

Modern Library (Firm), publisher.

Parkway Printing Company, printer.

H. Wolff, Inc., binder.

United States New York (State) New York.