Historical sketches and tales of the supernatural accompany such allegorical stories as the Snow-Image, The Great Stone Face, and Ethan Branet. Bibliogs
Hawthorne's second collection of stories and sketches, including such classics as Young Goodman Brown and Rappaccini's Daughter, is presented with historical, textual, and bibliographical commentaries
Set in 17th-century Puritan New England, this story of illicit passion, guilt and punishment revolves around the beautiful and mysterious Hester Prynne. She is condemned to wear a scarlet letter as a
