Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance
                                            
                            By Nathaniel Hawthorne
                            
                                28 Sep, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: The story, as a story, is complete as it stands; it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. There is no break in the narrative, and the legitimate conclusion is reached. To say that the story is complete as a work of art would be quite 
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                                                Brief Extract: The story, as a story, is complete as it stands; it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. There is no break in the narrative, and the legitimate conclusion is reached. To say that the story is complete as a work of art would be quite another matter. It lacks balance and proportion. Some characters and incidents are portrayed with minute elaboration; others, perhaps not less important, are merely sketched in outline. Less