Mosses from an Old Manse
$34.79
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2003
Summary
Mosses from an Old Manse is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s second story collection, first published in 1846 in two volumes and featuring sketches and tales written over a span of more than twenty years, including such classics as “Young Goodman Brown,” “The Birthmark,” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Herman Melville deemed Hawthorne the American Shakespeare, and Henry James wrote that his early tales possess “the element of simple genius, the quality of imagination. That is the real charm of Hawthorne’s …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812966053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812966058 |
| Author: | Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Oliver |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2003 |
| Weight: | 353g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“Whatever Nathaniel Hawthorne may hereafter write,Mosses from an Old Mansewill ultimately be accountedhis masterpiece.”-Herman Melville
“Whatever Nathaniel Hawthorne may hereafter write, Mosses from an Old Manse will ultimately be accountedhis masterpiece.”—Herman Melville
About The Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mary Oliver is the author of eleven books of poetry, including American Primitive, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; New and Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award; and House of Light, which won the Christopher Award and the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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