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Twice Told Tales
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Title: Twice Told Tales
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Release Date: October 11, 2004 [EBook #13707]
Language: English
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TWICE-TOLD TALES.
BY
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
PHILADELPHIA: DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER, 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
1889.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
THE GRAY CHAMPION 5
SUNDAY AT HOME 15
THE WEDDING-KNELL 23
THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL 33
THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT 49
THE GENTLE BOY 63
MR. HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE 99
LITTLE ANNIE'S RAMBLE 113
WAKEFIELD 123
A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP 133
THE GREAT CARBUNCLE 141
THE PROPHETIC PICTURES 159
DAVID SWAN 175
SIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE 183
THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS 191
THE TOLL-GATHERER'S DAY 197
THE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN 204
FANCY'S SHOW-BOX 211
DR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT 218
LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE: I.--HOWE'S MASQUERADE 233 II.--EDWARD RANDOLPH'S PORTRAIT 249 III.--LADY ELEANORE'S MANTLE 263 IV.--OLD ESTHER DUDLEY 281
THE HAUNTED MIND 294
THE VILLAGE UNCLE 300
THE AMBITIOUS GUEST 313
THE SISTER-YEARS 323
SNOWFLAKES 332
THE SEVEN VAGABONDS 338
THE WHITE OLD MAID 358
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