The Complete Novels and Selected Tales: Volume I

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fanshawe --
The gray champion --
The wedding knell --
The minister's black veil --
The maypole 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 --
Howe's masquerade --
Edward Randolph's portrait --
Lady Eleanor's mantle --
Old Esther Dudley --
The ambitious Guest --
Peter Goldthwaites's treasure --
The shaker bridal --
Endicott and the red cross --
The birthmark --
Young Goodman Brown --
Rappaccini's daughter. Mrs. Bullfrog. --
The celestial railroad --
The procession of life --
Feathertop: a moralized legend --
Egotism; or, the bosom serpent --
Drowne's wooden image --
Roger Malvin's burial --
The artist of the beautiful --
The scarlet letter.

158 pages, Hardcover

First published May 12, 1977

About the author

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history.

Shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hathorne changed his name to Hawthorne. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828. In 1837, he published Twice-Told Tales and became engaged to painter and illustrator Sophia Peabody the next year. He worked at a Custom House and joined a Transcendentalist Utopian community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before returning to The Wayside in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children.

Much of Hawthorne's writing centers around New England and many feature moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His work is considered part of the Romantic movement and includes novels, short stories, and a biography of his friend, the United States President Franklin Pierce.