Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A collection of prose by Nathaniel Hawthorne, including The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from the other romances, thirteen tales, and selections from his journals and letters. Includes a chronology.

Miles Coverdale, the narrator, leaves the city for life on Blithedale Farm with a group of like-minded companions. But the idealism that inspires them finds little satisfaction in hard farm labor and instead of changing the world they individually pursue egotistical paths which lead to tragedy.

Set in colonial New England, this book revolves around a single, forbidden act of passion that forever alters the lives of three members of a small Puritan community.

In early colonial Massachusetts, a young woman endures the consequences of her sin of adultery and spends the rest of her life in atonement.