The first paperback edition to include full annotations of these twenty Hawthorne tales written between the 1830s and 50s, this volume contains the classic pieces "Young Goodman Brown," "The Maypole of Merry Mount," "The Birthmark," "The Celestial Railroad," and "Earth's Holocaust," as well as tales, such as "My Kinsman, Major Molineux," which represent Hawthorne's interest in the spiritual history of New England.
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Table of Contents: Includes: The Gentle BoyRoger Malvin's BurialThe Grey ChampionThe Maypole of Merry MountThe Minister's Black VeilDr Heidegger's ExperimentEndicott and the Red CrossThe BirthmarkThe Celestial RailroadThe Artist of the BeautifulRappaccini's DaughterEthan Brand