Twice-Told Tales III

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Twice-Told Tales is a volume of rearranged myths in which Hawthorne uses unexpected points of view to deftly twist the themes of classic folktales. These ironic tales introduce complex, emotional topics within a familiar context. The volume contains 'The Haunted Mind', 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment', 'The Vision of the Fountain' and other tales.