Books like Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A young governess in a remote estate discovers that the souls of two children are threatened by the malevolent ghosts of a former governess and her lover.

A chilling tale of calculated revenge in an unnamed Italian city during carnival, where a man lures a friend into a vault and orders his burial alive.

A short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1842, about a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition experiencing torture and inspiring fear through its focus on the senses.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s collection of 24 short stories weaves American life, Puritan morality, and supernatural elements into vivid tales that explore human nature, social customs, and the subtle undercurrents of faith and doubt.

A collection of 18 Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories that weave together moral intrigue, social customs and supernatural encounters.

A 19th‑century anthology by Nathaniel Hawthorne that mixes short stories, essays, and sketches, probing American society, Puritan morality, social customs, and childhood with wit and subtle satire.

Stoker’s Dracula adapted for the stage, a serious, 19‑century Gothic play that condenses the novel into focused action and dialogue, preserving the original language and horror.

A collection of 20 American short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, ranging from early 1830s tales of Puritan life to later experiments with the supernatural and science, including the famed *Young Goodman Brown* and *Rappaccini's Daughter*.

A collection of Henry James’s short fiction, including "The Last of the Valerii," "The Real Thing," "The Lesson of the Master," and "Daisy Miller."

"Rappaccini's Daughter" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne first published in the December 1844 issue of The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, and later in the 1846 collection Mosses from an Old Manse. It is about Giacomo Rappaccini, a medical researcher in medieval Padua who grows a garden of poisonous plants. He brings up his daughter to tend the plants, and she becomes resistant to the poisons, but in the process she herself becomes poisonous to others. The traditional story of a poisonous maiden has been traced back to India, and Hawthorne's version has been adapted in contemporary works. ---------- Also contained in: - [American Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14937925W) - [American Short Story](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8593547W) - [America's Literature](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3524715W) - [Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15705711W) - [Best American Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2341388W) - [Best of Hawthorne](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455202W) - [Celestial Railroad and Other Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455215W) - [Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15136484W) - [Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455222W) - [Future Perfect](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3931584W) - [Great American Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16045961W) - [Great American Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15062982W) - [Great Science Fiction About Doctors](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16045473W) - [Great Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1582988W) - [Great Short Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455617W) - [Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction: Second Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26138408W) - [Hawthorne's Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455582W) - [Modern Masterpieces of Short Prose Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7706876W) - [Mosses from an Old Manse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455350W) - [Mosses from an Old Manse: 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455531W) - [Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16618230W) - [Oxford Book of Gothic Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2963651W) - [Rappaccini's Daughter ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9171221W) - [Representative Selections](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455540W) - [Selected Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455554W) - [Selected Tales and Sketches](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455628W) - [Selected Tales and Sketches](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20642879W) - [Selected Tales and Sketches: Third Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20642876W) - [Seven Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455451W) - [Shapes of the supernatural](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5913450W) - [Tales and Sketches](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15299316W) - [Three Complete Novels](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455263W) - [Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455509W) - [Young Goodman Brown and Other Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455511W)