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Fanshawe

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Thus saying, the angler offered his rod and line to Ellen. She at first drew back, then hesitated, but finally held out her hand to receive them. In thus complying with the stranger's request, she was actuated by a desire to keep the peace, which, as her notice of Edward Walcott's crimsoned cheek and flashing eye assured her, was considerably endangered. The angler led the way to the spot which he had pointed out, which, though not at such a distance from Ellen's companions but that words in a common tone could be distinguished, was out of the range of a lowered voice.

Edward Walcott and the student remained by the oak: the former biting his lip with vexation; the latter, whose abstraction always vanished where Ellen was concerned, regarding her and the stranger with fixed and silent attention. The young men could at first hear the words that the angler addressed to Ellen. They related to the mode of managing the rod; and she made one or two casts under his directi. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I read this as part of a Library of America collection, Hawthorne: Collected Novels. In the chronology provided at the end, this is how Hawthorne's debut novel is described:

1828 - Fanshawe published in Boston at his own expense ($100 according to his sister Elizabeth, but in view of the contempor

4.5

Fanshawe, titolo originale di questo libro, è stato il primo in assoluto scritto da Hawthorne.
Qui ritroviamo tutte le atmosfere gotiche tipiche dell’autore, che mi avevano conquistata in La lettera scarlatta.

Nonostante questo sia il primo e quindi anticipi il successo della Lettera, e nonostante sia

Il romanzo fantasma

Primo libro che leggo di Nathaniel Hawthorne, autore conosciuto soprattutto per La lettera scarlatta.
Inizio proprio dal suo esordio:
un romanzo fantasma come spiega l’illuminante postfazione di Tommaso Giartosio.
Pubblicato in forma anonima nel 1828, quando l’autore aveva soli 24 a

I know a lot of people didn't like this book, and I will admit it is not nearly as good as his later novels, but I enjoyed this. The writing style drew me in. The characters kept me in. And the plot was, well workable, but interesting enough. What I really enjoyed was his incredible ability to use d

Hawthorne is one of the greatest treasures of American literature. This book, his first novel, which he tried to suppress, may not be The Scarlet Letter or The House of Seven Gables, but it is still a fine piece of writing. He was wrong to want to bury it. Its only weakness is that Hawthorne has som

This was Hawthorne's first novel, published I think when he was in college. He published it anonymously, and later in life tried to suppress it. I just wish that my first novel could be this good! I noticed that his character development isn't as intense as in his other novels I've read, but I feel

I don’t know why I’m keeping on with this attempt to read all of an author’s books in a row (in the order they were written) since I’ve failed with everyone except the first (sorry Austen, Forster) and now I can add Hawthorne to the list. I seem to bomb out after reading the first two books of any a

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