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The Great Stone Face and Other Stories From White Mountain
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Book Overview:
A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face, which revolves around the 'Old Man of the Mountain (Cannon Mtn.) in New Hampshire which sadly collapsed on May 3, 2003; The Ambitious Guest; The Great Carbuncle; and Sketches From Memory.
A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face, which revolves around the 'Old Man of the Mountain (Cannon Mtn.) in New Hampshire which sadly collapsed on May 3, 2003; The Ambitious Guest; The Great Carbuncle; and Sketches From Memory.
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I definitely enjoyed this much more the second time, such a good story and very well written! ❤️
"...his tongue, indeed, was a magic instrument: sometimes it rumbled like the thunder; sometimes it warbled like the sweetest music. It was the blast of war - the song of peace; and it seemed to have a he
3,5/5 ⭐⭐⭐
What we set our focus on . . . .
. . . . we will become like.
Çiçek gibi 5 öykü. Mr.Wakefield'ın öyküsünden bir roman çıkardı, çok ilginç bir konusu vardı. Büyük Taş Yüz, hep beklenen o insanın aslında içimizde oluşunu anlatıyordu bence. Ateşe Verilen Dünya öyküsü de çok iyiydi. Mutlu bitirdim kitabı, teşekkürler Hawthorne ve belki daha büyük teşekkürler Borge
First published in John Greenleaf Whittier’s abolitionist newspaper The National Era (Jan. 24, 1850), and later included in Hawthorne’s collection The Snow Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales (1852), “The Great Stone Face” is a cautionary parable, warning people not to hunger for greatness in the succ
3.5
'Belki zamanla en gözde çılgınlıklarımız sona erer, ama kıyamete kadar hepimiz çocuk kalırız!' S:22
" 'Bu dünya neye yarar' dedi son ayyaş, 'artık biz bir daha neşelenemeyecek olduktan sonra?' "S:60
'Bir doğruluk ne yok olup gider ne de çok altında kalır küllerin; bir yolunu bulup kendini gösterir.
30 kitaptan oluşan Jorge Luis Borges'in Babil Kitaplığı serisinde Büyük Taş Yüz okuduğum 11. kitaptı ve şimdiye kadar okuduklarım arasında Oscar Wilde'ın Lord Arthur Savile'in Suçu isimli kitabıyla birlikte en sevdiğim iki kitaptan biri oldu. Kitaptaki 5 öykünün hepsini sevdim ama özellikle Ateşe Ve
İlk öykü olan Wakefield dışında keyif almadım, bu kitaptan.
1800'lerin öykü anlayışına uzağım galiba. Poe hariç :)
This is my favorite short story of all time. Earnest reminded me so much of my God and King- unexpected because of his goodness, missed because the world is searching for something they can't define. Hawthorne inspired me to always be living in hope and persevering in the search after Truth, Goodnes