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Twice-Told Tales

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Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Released in 1837, it collects various previously published tales.

Stories within[]

  • The Gray Champion - First published in 1835, tells of a prophecy about a hated governor
  • Sunday at Home
  • The Wedding-Knell
  • The Minister's Black Veil - First published in 1836, tells of a minister wearing a veil
  • The May-Pole of Merry Mount - First published in 1836, tells of Puritans interrupting a celebration
  • The Gentle Boy
  • Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe
  • Little Annie's Ramble
  • Wakefield
  • A Rill from the Town-Pump
  • The Great Carbuncle - First published in 1835, tells of eight adventurers banding together
  • The Prophetic Pictures
  • David Swan
  • Sights from a Steeple
  • The Hollow of the Three Hills - First published in 1830, about a woman visiting a fortune teller
  • The Toll-Gatherer's Day
  • The Vision of the Fountain
  • Fancy's Show Box
  • Dr. Heidegger's Experiment - First published in 1837, about a doctor claiming that he has found the Fountain of Youth
  • Legends of the Province-House
  • The Haunted Mind - First published in 1835, about the "intermediate space between sleeping and waking"
  • The Village Uncle
  • The Ambitious Guest - First published in 1835, about a traveller staying at a mountain
  • The Sister Years
  • Snow-Flakes
  • The Seven Vagabonds
  • The White Old Maid
  • Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure
  • Chippings with a Chisel
  • The Shaker Bridal
  • Night Sketches
  • Endicott and the Red Cross
  • The Lily's Quest
  • Foot-prints on the Sea-shore
  • Edward Fane's Rosebud
  • The Threefold Destiny

Publisher's summary[]

The stunning collection of short fiction that established Nathaniel Hawthorne as one of the most powerful and provocative artists in nineteenth-century America

Dr. Heidegger invites four friends to witness an experiment. As the impoverished merchant Mr. Medbourne, the gout-ridden sinner Colonel Killigrew, the ruined politician Mr. Gascoigne, and the aged widow Wycherly watch, Heidegger places an old rose in a vase filled with water drawn from the Fountain of Youth. When the rose blooms again, the elderly guests clamor to drink the water and relive their early years more soberly than they did the first time around. But wisdom rarely graces the young, and Heidegger’s test subjects soon discover that miracles won’t prevent them from behaving like fools all over again.

“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” is just one of the classic short stories collected in this indispensable volume. From “The Minister’s Black Veil” to “The Great Carbuncle” to “The May-Pole of Merry Mount,” Twice-Told Tales shines a brilliant light on the mysteries of the human heart. Its profound influence on American literature is a testament to the scope of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s vision and the genius of his craft.

See also[]

  • Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Edgar Allan Poe

Sources[]

  • Wikipedia
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