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The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories gathers 18 of Hawthorne’s tales, ranging from the fantastical to the morally charged. The stories explore themes of social manners, clergy life, Puritan ethics, Satanism, and supernatural phenomena, offering a compact portrait of early American literature.
First publish date: 1963
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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