{"product_id":"9781533689238","title":"Twice-Told Tales: A Short Story Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwice-Told Tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short Story Collection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawthorne was encouraged by friend Horatio Bridge to collect these previously anonymous stories; Bridge offered $250 to cover the risk of the publication. Many had been published in The Token, edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. When the works became popular, Bridge revealed Hawthorne as the author in a review he published in the Boston Post.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title, Twice-Told Tales, was based on a line from William Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John (Act 3, scene 4): \"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, \/ Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.\" The book was published by the American Stationers' Company on March 6, 1837; its cover price was one dollar. Hawthorne had help in promoting the book from Elizabeth Peabody. She sent copies of the collection to William Wordsworth as well as to Horace Mann, hoping that Mann could get Hawthorne a job writing stories for schoolchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE GRAY CHAMPION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSUNDAY AT HOME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE WEDDING-KNELL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE GENTLE BOY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMR. HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLITTLE ANNIE'S RAMBLE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWAKEFIELD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE GREAT CARBUNCLE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE PROPHETIC PICTURES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDAVID SWAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE TOLL-GATHERER'S DAY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFANCY'S SHOW-BOX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e I. HOWE'S MASQUERADE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. EDWARD RANDOLPH'S PORTRAIT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. LADY ELEANORE'S MANTLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. OLD ESTHER DUDLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE HAUNTED MIND\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE VILLAGE UNCLE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE AMBITIOUS GUEST\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE SISTER-YEARS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSNOWFLAKES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE SEVEN VAGABONDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE WHITE OLD MAID\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePETER GOLDTHWAITE'S TREASURE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCHIPPINGS WITH A CHISEL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE SHAKER BRIDAL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNIGHT-SKETCHES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE LILY'S QUEST\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFOOTPRINTS ON THE SEASHORE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEDWARD FANE'S ROSEBUD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE THREEFOLD DESTINY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46315449123057,"sku":"9781533689238","price":11.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781533689238_p0.jpg?v=1765275578","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781533689238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}