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.
