Hawthorne’s Short Stories

Twenty-four of Hawthorne’s best-known short stories plus many that are virtually unknown to the average reader. Introduction by Professor Newton Arvin of Smith College.

The gray champion —
The minister’s black veil —
The may-pole of Merry Mount —
Wakefield —
The great carbuncle —
The prophetic pictures —
Lady Eleanore’s mantle —
Old Esther Dudley —
The ambitious guest —
The white old maid —
Peter Goldthwaite’s treasure —
Endicott and the red cross —
The birthmark —
Young Goodman Brown —
Rappaccini’s daughter —
The celestial railroad —
Feathertop : a moralized legend —
Egotism, or, The bosom serpent —
The artist of the beautiful —
The great stone face —
Ethan Brand —
The wives of the dead —
The antique ring —
Alice Doane’s appeal.