A selection of twenty short stories written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne between 1832 and 1850, reflecting his themes of guilt and secrecy, intellectual and moral pride, the supernatural, and the decadence of New England Puritanism.

"On July 28, 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife Sophia and daughters Una and Rose left their house in Western Massachusetts to visit relatives near Boston. Hawthorne and his five-year-old son Julian stayed behind. How father and son got along over the next three weeks is the subject of this tender and funny extract from Hawthorne's notebooks." ""At about six o'clock I looked over the edge of my bed and saw that Julian was awake, peeping sideways at...

The story of a U.S. Navy officer involved in the treason of Aaron Burr

Upon the death of her demonic husband, Hester Prynne is left a widow, and her daughter is left a wealthy heiress. Together they travel to England where Hester seeks a quiet life-only to find herself drawn into the circle of the most powerful Puritan of all time, Oliver Cromwell. From the moment Hester donned the famous scarlet letter, it instilled in her the power to see the sins and hypocrisy of others, an ability not lost on the Lord Protector of...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tale of family honor brings us the Pyncheon family. From the deception of the first Colonel Pyncheon to the evilness of the current Judge Pyncheon, the family's curses, troubles, and few happinesses are revealed. Follow all the happenings tf the family home in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation.

The lady vanishes (1938): While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train. I cover the waterfront (1933): An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter. Algiers (1938): Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah. The scarlet letter (1934): In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear...

While her lover's identity remains a secret, a young woman in 18th-century New England is condemned to wear a scarlet A in atonement for her sin of passion and birth of a child out of wedlock.