Young Goodman Brown
Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but put…
Rip Van Winkle
The War Prayer
It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms,…
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
In that summer of 1861 the first wash of the wave of war broke upon…
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the…
Luck
It was at a banquet in London in honor of one of the two or…
Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent
This outcry, saluting Herkimer’s ears as he was about to enter the iron gate of…
Ethan Brand
A CHAPTER FROM AN ABORTIVE ROMANCE Bartram the lime-burner, a rough, heavy-looking man, begrimed with…
Feathertop
“Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!” The pipe was in the old…
My Kinsman, Major Molineux
After the kings of Great Britain had assumed the right of appointing the colonial governors,…
Rappaccini’s Daughter
A young man, named Giovanni Guasconti, came, very long ago, from the more southern region…
The Artist of the Beautiful
“Perhaps, father,” said Annie, without showing much interest in the question, “Owen is inventing a…