Bücher von Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Like many of America's greatest cultural exports, the modern short story grew out of necessity rather than a luxury. At the turn of the 19th Century, the United States was a burgeoning country with pathfinders and adventure-seekers pushing their way into the west in search of new opportunities. With so much of the American population constantly on the move from one town to the next, the serialized novel was not a viable form of literature as it was across Europe.The new literary form soon grew popular; and more and more writers started writing in this wonderfully entertaining form. This collection comprises the best and the most popular short stories from the land.

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Woman and her decisions, on how she wants to lead her life have been the subject of great speculation. This again forms the crux of 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne that brings forth Hester's ordeal when she is accused of adultery. The narrator has chosen to discuss the agony of women in the society about 200 years ago and how they always had to bow to the rules of the patriarchal society. The story is series of events that speak of love, trust and revenge woven around characters t

nhaltsverzeichnis: Der Garten des Bösen. Die Blumen des Bösen. Ein Mann namens Wakefield. Herrn Higginbothams Katastrophe. David Swan. Die Höhle der drei Hügel. Der große Karfunkel. Die Totenhochzeit. Peter Goldthwaites Schatz. Das hölzerne Bildnis. Frau Ochsfrosch. Endicott und das rote Kreuz. Der graue Streiter. Edward Randolphs Gemälde. Lady Eleanors Schleier. Der Maskenball. Die alte Esther Dudley. Die Shakerhochzeit. John Inglefields Dankfest. Die prophetischen Bilder. Der Teufel des Schreibens. Roger Malvins Bestattung. Die alte Jungfer in Weiß. Das Auskunftsbüro.

Hawthorne wird mit Herman Melville und Edgar Allan Poe zur "dunklen" amerikanischen Romantik gezählt. Seine Romane und Kurzgeschichten sind von einem tiefen epistemologischen und metaphysischen Skeptizismus geprägt. Seine Themen sind oftmals die dunklen Seiten der Seele wie der Gesellschaft: Sünde, Schuld, Strafe, Intoleranz und Entfremdung. Schon zu Lebzeiten wurde Hawthorne als Begründer einer genuin amerikanischen Nationalliteratur kanonisiert. Auch heute gilt er als einer der bedeutendsten amerikanischen Schriftsteller, und kaum ein Collegestudent kommt an The Scarlet Letter vorbei.

We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.Set in the mid-17th century in New England, The Scarlet Letter follows married Hester Prynne after she conceives a daughter through an affair. Societal standards of puritan New England force her to wear a scarlet "A" on her clothes as a constant reminder to her and everyone else of her past infidelity. Through the life of Hester and of her child, they both struggle through the overwhelming stigma behind Hester's adultery, and despite the mounting pressure, she refuses to name the father of her child. Hawthorne paints an eye opening story of acceptance, shame, guilt, and fierce social ostracism surrounding one woman and the burden she bears in her life.

Many of the earliest stories of witchcraft and black magic, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

"Between two tall gate-posts of rough-hewn stone (the gate itself having fallen from its hinges, at some unknown epoch) we beheld the gray front of the old parsonage, terminating the vista of an avenue of black-ash trees."So begins Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1846 sketch "The Old Manse," which leads off this collection of short stories. Hawthorne and his wife Sophia lived at the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts from 1842-1845, during the first years of their marriage. The sixteen other selections collected here were all written during the time the Hawthornes lived in the house, today a National Historic Landmark."They should be sold by the hundred-thousand, and read by the million; and admired by every one who is capable of Admiration." -Herman Melville review of "Mosses from An Old Manse"

In 1840, Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of America's greatest writers, published Grandfather's Chair, a history of Colonial and post-Revolutionary War America especially for young people. Hawthorne uses a sturdy oak chair, which appears in each of the stories, as a way to make more entertaining the early history of America: Plymouth and the Pilgrims, the founding of Rhode Island, the Salem witch hysteria, Cotton Mather, the Liberty Tree, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Continental Congress, and the Declaration of Independence. Seventy-one black-and-white illustrations accompany the text.