The portable Hawthorne
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The portable Hawthorne
（Penguin books, . Literature）（Penguin classics）
Penguin Books, 2005
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Chronology: p. [xvii]-xix
Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-439)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"The Portable Hawthorne" includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of "The Scarlet Letter", excerpts from his three subsequently published romances - "The House of Seven Gables", "The Blithedale Romance", and "The Marble Faun" - as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor's introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne's writing over the course of his long career: from the tales, to their apotheosis in "The Scarlet Letter", through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole - his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline - can find it in this collection.
Table of Contents
The Portable HawthorneIntroduction
Chronology
I. The Tales (1830-1852)
Editor's Note
My Kinsman, Mayor Molineux
Roger Malvin's Burial
Young Goodman Brown
The Minister's Black Veil
The Man of Adamant
The Birth-Mark
Rappaccini's Daughter
Prefaces
from "The Old Manse"
to Twice-told Tales
to The Snow-Image
II. The Scarlet Letter (1850)
Editor's Note
III. The Published Romances (1851-1860)
Editor's Note
from The House of the Seven Gables
from The Blithedale Romance
from The Marble Faun
IV. The European Journals (1853-1860)
Editor's Note
from the English, French, and Italian Journals
V. The Last Years (1861-1864)
Editor's Note
Passages from the letters and the Unfinished Romances
Suggestions for Further Reading
by "Nielsen BookData"