Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a key American novelist and short story writer of the Romantic period. 'The Christmas Banquet', originally published in 1844, is a classic example of Hawthorne's preoccupation with the darker side of human nature. Many of the earliest ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Nathaniel Hawthorne er bl.a. forfatter til ‘Det flammende bogstav’, og hans værker har litteraturhistorisk klassiker-status. Klim har tidligere udgivet ‘Huset med de syv gavle’ og ‘Præstens sorte slør og andre fortællinger’. Den mørke romantik, som lægges for dagen, kan sammenlignes med værker af Edgar Allan Poe og Herman Melville. Med ‘Blithedale’ fra 1852 præsenterer Hawthorne en roman, der er lige så stærk som sine øvrige bøger, men lettere læst. Handlingen udspiller sig i det utopiske landbrugskollektiv Blithedale, og er en tour de force over temaer som skyld og menneskelighed. Den mørke romantik, som lægges for dagen, kan sammenlignes med værker af Edgar Allan Poe og Herman Melville. Med ‘Blithedale’ fra 1852 præsenterer Hawthorne en roman, der er lige så stærk som sine øvrige bøger, men lettere læst.

'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne's strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is in her refusal to reveal the identity of the father in the face of her accusers that Hawthorne champions his heroine and berates the weakness of Society for attacking the innocent.

I midten af 1800-tallet i New England står et gammelt hus, som er beboet af gamle frk. Hepzibah. Huset har været familiens i mange år, og fortidens gerninger har sat sine spor. Huset siges at være forbandet. Phoebe, som fjernt er i familie med Hepzibah, dukker op en dag og ændrer på tingene for det bedre, men forbandelsen hviler stadig over familien og huset. Er en ung ildsjæl nok til at bryde den?slxNathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) var amerikansk forfatter. Han var med til at føre den amerikanske litteratur frem i verden med sin bog "Det flammende bogstav", der også fik stor succes udenfor USA. Hawthornes værker berører ofte moral og religion og dykker ned i menneskets ondskab.

Included in the Collected Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne are nine classics including: The Gorgon's Head, The Miraculous Pitcher, John Inglefield's Thanksgiving, The Paradise of Children, The Great Stone Face, The Ambitious Guest, The Great Carbuncle, The Notch of the White Mountains, The Three Golden Apples.Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist writing centers on New England, many featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration and centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity.

Little Masterpieces is a collection of eight short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment The Birthmark Ethan Brand Wakefield Drowne's Wooden Image The Ambitious Guest The Great Stone Face The Gray Champion Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist writing centers on New England, many featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration and centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity.