Puritan Passions (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p><strong>Can a creature of straw and vanity truly possess a human heart?</strong></p><p>In a lonely smoke-filled hovel in Puritan New England the witch Mother Rigby decides to play a wicked trick on society. Using a pumpkin for a head a tattered suit of clothes and a plume of feathertop grass for flair she fashions a magnificent scarecrow. Then with a puff of her enchanted tobacco pipe she brings the handsome figure to life.</p><p>Named Lord Feathertop the enchanted creature is sent into the nearby village to woo the beautiful daughter of a wealthy and prominent magistrate.</p><p>This story is a dark dazzling and humorous moral allegory showcasing Hawthorne's deep skepticism of both Puritan hypocrisy and the superficiality of the American gentry.</p><p><strong>In this dark fantasy you'll discover that a scarecrow wearing fine clothes may be more honest than the society that welcomes him.</strong></p>