by Nathaniel Nathaniel Hawthorne
First published 1993
Goodman Brown kisses his wife Faith goodbye and sets out on a mysterious errand into the forest. Every step deeper takes him further from the light of his pious community and closer to unspeakable horrors. Shadowy figures from his past emerge, and he glimpses his neighbors - even the most upright - engaged in unholy rites. Goodman Brown must choose: will he join them, or turn back and preserve his innocence?
Genres: classic-literature, american-fiction, horror, dark-fantasy, 19th-century, gothic
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: moral-dilemma, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New England, Salem Village, Massachusetts
Period: 1600s
48 pages · Paperback
Content warnings: violence