Best Known Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edition: Greystone Press edition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: 1993?
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780766147331
Subjects: Classic fiction; Short Stories (single author); Literature - Classics / Criticism; Fiction; Classics; Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Fiction-Classics; Historical fiction, American; Social life and customs
First sentence: A THRONG of bearded men, in sad-colored garments, and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.