by Nathaniel Nathaniel Hawthorne
First published 1987
In these timeless tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne delves into the shadowy corners of the Puritan psyche. A young man encounters a coven of witches in the forest. An alchemist becomes obsessed with perfecting the human form. A minister hides a scandalous transgression behind a veil of black crepe. With Gothic flair, Hawthorne explores the consequences of pride, temptation, and the weight of conscience. His richly symbolic stories lay bare the conflicts that rage within the human heart.
Genres: short-stories, classic-literature, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 19th-century, gothic
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, thought-provoking
Tropes: moral-dilemma, unreliable-narrator
Setting: India, Italy, Massachusetts, Milford meeting house, New England, Padua, Salem Village, University of Padua
Period: 1600s
480 pages · Paperback · W W Norton & Co Inc