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The Portable Hawthorne compiles a wide selection of the author’s short fiction, ranging from early fragments such as *Old Woman’s Tale* and *My Kinsman, Major Molineux* to his more famous pieces *The Scarlet Letter*, *Young Goodman Brown* and *Birth‑Mark*. The anthology also includes lesser‑known stories like *Gray Champion*, *Egotism*, and *Earth’s Holocaust*, offering readers a compact yet varied portrait of Hawthorne’s exploration of moral complexity, Puritan influence, and supernatural themes. Packed into a single volume, it provides an accessible entry point into 19th‑century American literature.
First publish date: 1948
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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