In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusual for the love of science to rival the love of woman in its depth and absorbing energy. The higher intellect, the imagination, the spirit, and even the heart might all find their congenial aliment in pursuits which, as some of their ardent votaries believed, would ascend from one step of powerful intelligence to another, until the philosopher should lay his hand on the secret of creative force and perhaps make new worlds for himself. We know not whether Aylmer possessed this degree of faith in mans ultimate control over Nature. He had devoted himself, however, too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be weaned from them by any second passion. His love for his young wife might prove the stronger of the two; but it could only be by intertwining itself with his love of science, and uniting the strength of the latter to his own.
The House of the Seven Gables is the home of an important family: the Pyncheons. They have the house and a lot of land; buy no money and many problems. Is there a curse on the family? This is a histo
In the 17th century Puritan Boston, Hester has had an illegitimate daughter from a relationship, for which is pilloried and sentenced to wear a letter on his chest A. Rejects however to say the name of her lover, who eventually confesses publicly his guilt, but panned by emotion, dies.
Apenas con unos pocos ducados de oro, el joven Giovanni Guasconti se instala en Padua para estudiar en la universidad. Alojado en la habitación más alta y tenebrosa de un viejo palacio, el joven napolitano descubre a través de su ventana el exuberante jardín que se extiende debajo del castillo. Entre la abrumadora magnificiencia de flores, plantas y hierbas observa trabajar a un hombre vestido con la ténica negra de los estudiosos, el doctor Giácomo Rappaccini, el investigador de los misterios de los venenos vegetales. Inmediatamente, aparece ante sus ojos una hermosa y misteriosa mujer, Beatrice, que causa en el joven una profunda impresión. Esa misma noche, Giovanni tiene un extraño sueño en el que una flor y una doncella entremezclan sus formas avisándole de un extraño peligro. Una imperiosa necesidad dominará desde ese momento al joven estudiante: acercarse a Beatrice.
This is the annotated edition including a rare and extensive biographical essay on the author, as well as an introductory to the book written by George Parsons Lathrop.The series of passages from the "American Note-Books" covers the space of eighteen years, almost to a day; the extracts running from June 15, 1835, to June 9, 1853; and in a detached way it represents the main part of Hawthornes career throughout the period of his rise from obscurity to fame, purely as a growth of American soil and conditions, before he had ever set foot in Europe.
Every year the ten most miserable people in town are invited to a Christmas banquet. Their misery is shared alongside the holiday feast, and every year, an increasingly wretched Gervayse Hastings makes his appearance. Over time, all the other guests seem to have grown in character and risen above their sad condition, except of course, Mr. Hastings.
Here you will find the complete novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne in the chronological order of their original publication.- Fanshawe- The Scarlet Letter- The House of the Seven Gables- The Blithedale Romance- The Marble Faun- The Dolliver Romance- Septimius Felton- Doctor Grimshawes Secret: A romance
Condenada por adulterio, Hester Prynne es expuesta a la humillación pública en la picota del pueblo, con su hija Pearl en brazos. Todos la miran con reprobación, como si en ella pudieran descargar sus propias culpas, y miran tambien la letra A, de un rojo tan intenso como el pecado cometido, que debera portar para siempre como distintivo de su deshonra. El doctor Chillingworth, un forastero que disfruta dando largos paseos por el bosque mientras recoge distintos tipos de plantas para preparar sus brebajes, y el reverendo Dimmesdale, un sacerdote ejemplar que, en virtud de sus sermones y su conducta intachable, es objeto del fervor de los pobladores, completan el triangulo.
Here you will find the complete novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne in the chronological order of their original publication.- Fanshawe- The Scarlet Letter- The House of the Seven Gables- The Blithedale Romance- The Marble Faun- The Dolliver Romance- Septimius Felton- Doctor Grimshawes Secret: A romance
Bosquejos de cuentos, frases, argumentos, proyectos, descripciones y otros tesoros ocultos se encuentran en los cuadernos de apuntes que llevó durante años el genial escritor norteamericano. A excepcion de algunos pocos fragmentos, estos textos han permanecido ineditos en castellano hasta la edicion que el lector tiene en sus manos. Dijo Jorge Luis Borges que Hawthorne murio durmiendo y que tal vez por eso nos lego la tarea de soñar. Sin duda, como escritor, Hawthorne soño muchos mas libros de los que podia escribir, pero en lugar de resignarse dejo registrados sus pensamientos en los Cuadernos norteamericanos: una cantera de ideas magistrales, arriesgadas e insolitas de las que han bebido muchos escritores y que se proponen como una irresistible llamada a la imaginacion.
