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by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), Brian Harding (Editor) "IN the course of the year 1656, several of the people called Quakers, led, as they professed, by the inward movement of the spirit, made..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (15 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192836005
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192836007
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 19.6 x 13 cm
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This selection of twenty of Hawthorne's tales is the first in paperback to present his most important short works with full annotation in one volume.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read, but invariably gloomy, 9 Dec 2008
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of "The Scarlett Letter", which was made into a beautiful film some years ago, knew a lot of the period of the Witchhunt of Salem, because one of his ancestors was in the panel of the judges. This fact makes the author feel uneasy and gives him a lasting preoccupation with these disgraceful events. Most of the novels in this book describe the narrow-mindedness of the so-called devout Christians of Massachusets, who made themselves guilty of many crimes against humanity in those dark times. Not against Indians or any other heathens, but against fellow Christians of a different flavour of Christianity, thinking that only their own "brand" is the right one, and the heresy of the others must be crushed in the most severe manner. Not to mention witches...
Hawthorne is divided between pity and anger and most of the novels in this book are so grim that it does make for a heavy read, despite the outstanding prose and the masterful attention to psychology and detail, with an ironic note that gives some much-needed relief. Not enough, though. And it is saddening, on reading of these things and condemning those short-sighted bigots, to know that we have no reason to be smug, as in our own times, centuries later, there are still so many people around the world who,at this very moment, are killing and torturing other human beings in the name of religion. Dawkins does have a point!
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