"The Old Manse (From «Mosses from an Old Manse»)" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"Fanshawe" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"Biographical Sketches (From: «Fanshawe and Other Pieces»)" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"Unless people are more than commonly disagreeable, it is my foolish habit to contract a kindness for them. The better part of my companion's character, if it have a better part, is that which usually comes uppermost in my regard, and forms the type whereby I recognise the man. As most of these old Custom-House officers had good traits, and as my position in reference to them, being paternal and protective, was favourable to the growth of friendly sentiments, I soon grew to like them all. It was pleasant in the summer forenoons—when the fervent heat, that almost liquefied the rest of the human family, merely communicated a genial warmth to their half torpid systems—it was pleasant to hear them chatting in the back entry, a row of them all tipped against the wall, as usual; while the frozen witticisms of past generations were thawed out, and came bubbling with laughter from their lips."
"The Scarlet Letter" tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity in a puritan environment. It is Nathaniel Hawthorne's most successful novel. «The Scarlet Letter» was first published in 1850.
Die schöne Hester Prynne kommt Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts nach Neuengland, wo sie dem strengen amerikanischen Puritanismus ausgesetzt ist. Sie verliebt sich in den Pastor der Gemeinde, von dem sie ein uneheliches Kind bekommt, während ihr Ehemann als verschollen auf See gilt. Zur Strafe für den Ehebruch muss sie ein scharlachrotes 'A' auf der Brust tragen. Sie sieht sich fortan den Anfeindungen der Dorfgemeinde ausgesetzt, während ihr heimgekehrter Gatte dem Pfarrer heftig zusetzt, bis dieser sich schließlich öffentlich zu seiner Liebe zu Hester bekennt.
Ein Klassiker der Weltlitteratur.Neuengland, 1642: Die junge Hester Prynne erreicht Neuengland ohne ihren Ehemann, erwartet dessen Ankunft aber täglich. Doch ihr Mann bleibt verschollen. Sie beginnt eine leidenschaftliche Affäre mit Reverend Dimmesdale, die nicht ohne Folgen bleibt. Als sie sich weigert zu verraten, wer der Vater des unehelichen Kindes ist, wird sie von der Gesellschaft ausgestoßen und mit dem Zeichen des Ehebruchs, dem scharlachroten "A", das sie auf ihrer Kleidung tragen muss, gebrandmarkt. Die Situation eskaliert, als plötzlich Hesters totgeglaubter Mann Roger im Dorf auftaucht. -
Antología de cuentos realistas, fantásticos y de ciencia ficción: «El pan duro de esa bruja», de O. Henry; «El pozo», de R. Güiraldes; «Las tres muertes del señor Higginbotham», de N. Hawthorne; «La mendiga de Locarno», de H. von Kleist; «Los ladrones de cadáveres», de R. L. Stevenson; «El nuevo acelerador», de H. G. Wells y «El hombre sin cuerpo», de E. P. Mitchell. En la sección Aquí y ahora, se plantea el límite entre ficción y realidad. En Enfoques para analizar, se trabajan los conceptos de cuento, estructura y características específicas de las tres clases de cuentos leídos.