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Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

2019-09-28 05:16:21

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 ... Read more
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

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File size231.861 KB
Print pages320
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2008-10-15
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1348122050
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ance...

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