The short fiction of a writer who helped to shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel H

The short fiction of a writer who helped to shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel H

Twenty-four of the best short stories by one of the early masters of the form, in the definitive collection edited by acclaimed scholar Newton Arvin. Nathaniel

Included here are the prefaces Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote for the three collections of tales published during his lifetime, along with selections from his 'Ameri