Twice Told Tales

<p>The style of Hawthorne is purity itself. His tone is singularly effective-wild plaintive thoughtful and in full accordance with his themes.- Edgar Allan Poe</p><p>To this little book we would say 'Live ever sweet sweet book.' It comes from the hand of a man of genius.-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</p><p><b>Nathaniel Hawthorne's <I>Twice-Told Tales</I> is a spectacularly rich collection of thirty-nine penetrating stories. With a rare purity of style these tales chronicle both familiar life and haunted specters through a lens of subtle mysticism and deep melancholy.</b> The title is a nod to Shakespeare's line Life is a tedious as a twice-told tale/Vexing the ear of a drowsy man.; it furthermore is Hawthorne's acknowledgment that these stories all had been previously published in various magazines and newspapers of the day.</p><p>Never one to shy from exploring themes of darkness and morality these stories beg for repeated readings in order to fully grasp their true richness; yet there is a sheer enjoyment in the subtle truly imaginative beauty in each one. Amongst this collection are the tales The Ambitious Guest The Minister's Black Veil The May-Pole of Merry Mount The Hollow of Three Hills The Haunted Mind and Dr. Heidegger's Experiment which was adapted into the 1963 Horror Film starring Vincent Price.</P><p>With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of <I>Twice-Told Tales</I> is both modern and readable.</p>